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Botanical Gardens, Singapore (c. 1900-1910)
Size:
11cm x 15cm
Description:
The idea of a spice garden was first mooted by Stamford Raffles, soon after he established Singapore as a trading port for the East India Company. The Botanical Gardens eventually took the shape of a public park and experimental station for economic crops in 1859 on land donated by Chinese pioneer. Hoo Ah Kay (also popularly known as Whampoa). The Gardens remain "among the loveliest institutions of the kind in the Est" as described in an early 20th century guidebook.
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