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	Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm Royal Botanic Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No T11882	Contribution to the historic garden Rare or localised Particularly old The oldest known surviving cultivated tree in the Royal Botanical Gardens, and possibly Victoria. Originally planted in the Collins Street garden of Dr Godfrey Howitt in 1839, who was a keen botanist and horticulturist and a member of the first Committee of Management appointed for the Gardens by Governor La Trobe. The Date Palm was transplanted as a gift to the Gardens in the 1880s. ... more	T11882	State

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Phoenix dactylifera

Date Palm

Royal Botanic Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No T11882

Contribution to the historic garden Rare or localised Particularly old The oldest known surviving cultivated tree in the Royal Botanical Gardens, and possibly Victoria. Originally planted in the Collins Street garden of Dr Godfrey Howitt in 1839, who was a keen botanist and horticulturist and a member of the first Committee of Management appointed for the Gardens by Governor La Trobe. The Date Palm was transplanted as a gift to the Gardens in the 1880s. ... more

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