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Dominica Botanic Gardens
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    • Introduction to Website
    • A Brief History
    • Plan of Gardens
    • Contemporary Commentary
  • Botanic Gardens
    • Selected Trees and Shrubs
    • Medicinal Plants
    • Gardens Activities
    • Florida's Fairchild Garden
    • Parrot and Small Animal Sanctuary
    • Birds of the Gardens
    • Three Virtual Tours
    • Panoramic Views Today
    • Early Panoramic Views
    • Hurricane David's Ravages
    • Future Developments
    • Curators and Administrators
    • Reports and Documents
    • Getting Involved
    • Related Links
  • Hosted Sites
    • Honorees
    • Island Scholars
    • Cabinet Photos
    • Treasures of the Cathedral
    • Diaspora Policy Paper
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Related Links

​​Botanic Gardens
Kew Gardens: ​
​The world's first botanic gardens, and its evolution to a pre-eminent 21st century educational and conservation institution.
National Tropical Botanic Gardens: ​
​Great site, excellent photos of a wide range of tropical plants
​Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden:
​Lots of great pix with short, concise descriptions (links only with collaborating institutions)
​Missouri Botanical Garden:
​A center for botanical research and science education, with a dynamic website
​Cornell Plantations Botanic Gardens:
​A 14 garden Botanic Garden with an educational emphasis
North Carolina Botanical Garden:
​Part of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, focusing on teaching and research, with a well organized website
Australian National Botanic Gardens:
Plants, botany and horticulture with a profusion of images.
Hope Gardens. Jamaica
​Brief view of Jamaica’s Hope Gardens, the largest Botanic Gardens in the West Indies.
Royal Botanic Gardens  - Trinidad and Tobago:
​Photographs  of the Trinidad Gardens

​​Academic and Research Institutions
Images and Descriptions of Flowering Plant Families:
 Botany Dept, Univ. of Hawaii
​Plants of Hawaii, USGS, Hawaii:
 A collection of images, maps, and reports of plants of Hawaii.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service:
 A very comprehensive plant database, including tropical plants of the US and its territories, with detailed descriptions and great photos.
​Medicinal Plants of the Guianas by DeFilipps et al:
 Specifically the very comprehensive index of ailments and the plants used for treatment
​
Center for New Crops & Plant Products:
 A window to new and specialty crop profiles by Purdue University
​The UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants:
​A multidisciplinary research, teaching and extension unit of the University of Florida
​The Miami Tree Puzzle:
 Quite comprehensive listing of the trees of Miami and environs, with excellent photos of trees, flowers and fruit.
​Plants For A Future:
 A resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses.
Heliconia cultivars: ​
An extensive photo gallery of exquisite Heliconia flowers taken by members and friends of the Heliconia Society of Puerto Rico (HSPR).
Plumeria in Hawaii  ​:
By Richard Criley, provides a profusion of visually striking, exceptionally beautiful and vibrant Plumeria flowers in white, yellow, pink, red and every shade in-between.
Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry:
​ A rich compendum of detailed descriptions and great photos of tropical Agroforest trees for extension agents and farmers. A great resource.

​​Commercial Sources
Floridata: ​
A photo encyclopedia of tropical landscape plants, an online plant & nature reference, and a gardening marketplace
The HortiPlex database: 
Contains plant images and data on Hawaiian plants, as well as links to other information source
Dave's Garden, FL: 
Numerous tropical garden plant and great flower photo
TopTropicals, FL: ​
Tropical plants for home and garden; great photos and concise descriptions
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages: ​
A compendium of spices and their use from around the world, plus great photos and detailed culinary and botanical descriptions.
​Trade Winds Fruit, CA:
 Huge database of tropical fruit and ornamental plants with brief descriptions and great photos
FloridaGardener.com: ​
Lots of information regarding gardening in Florida, and how to care for your Florida plants, with brief descriptions and plant facts
Pine Island Nursery, FL: ​
Primarily tropical fruit tree info; great images with concise descriptions; the Mango Variety Viewer is particularly interesting for the wealth of cultivars and detailed information
​Danida Forest Seed Center, Denmark:
 Excellent info on seed handling and tree descriptions for the professional, with good photos
​Daley's Fruit Tree Nursery, Australia:
​ Tropical fruit tree data - great photos and descriptions

​Birds
​3-Rivers Eco-Lodge:
​ A Dominica eco-tourism hotel website with a profusion of local bird calls.
Mangoverde World Bird Guide: ​
With photos, calls and videos of numerous Caribbean birds
The Internet Bird Collection: ​
A video feature of the Handbook of the Birds of the World with numerous West Indian birds
​Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter, MD:
A USGS site with brief but comprehensive descriptions, photos and some calls of most N.American and Caribbean birds.
​Sea Birds of Dominica
​ A very informative  PowerPoint   presentation for sea birds boat trip;  great photography.
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​​Gardens Introduction

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Preface - How it Began
Introduction to Website
A Brief History
Plan of Gardens 
Contemporary Commentary​
​Trees, Shrubs, Birds

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Selected Trees and Shrubs
Medicinal Plants
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Gardens Activities
  Florida's Fairchild Garden
Parrot/Animal Sanctuary
Birds of the Gardens
Garden Views

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Three Virtual Tours
Panoramic Views Today
Early Panoramic Views
 
Hurricane David's Ravages
Future Developments
Curators/Administrators
Reports and Documents
  
Getting Involved
Related Links
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Honorees
Island Scholars
Cabinet Photos
​​Treasures of the Cathedral

​Diaspora Policy Paper
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