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Nature 440, 860-863 (13 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/440860a; Published online 12 April 2006
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Plant science: Gardens in full bloom
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- Emma Marris is a Washington correspondent for Nature.
Abstract
In a world of declining biodiversity, botanical gardens are coming into their own — both as storehouses of rare plants and skills, and increasingly as centres of molecular research. Emma Marris reports.
At this moment there are a couple of ladies, one in her sixties, one in her eighties, walking through a greenhouse, their silver heads surrounded by hanging orchids in oranges, scarlets and lavender-tinged whites. These ladies, orchid-fancying mother and daughter, are bound to be there, because they were there in every garden visited during the writing of this feature.
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