What is difference between botanical garden and herbarium ?(any 3 points)

Botanical Garden

 

Herbarium

It is a place where plants from various groups are grown

It is a collection of pressed, dried and preserved plants mounted on paper sheets, properly labeled and systematically arranged.

It is for scientific study, conservation, public education, aesthetics and recreation.

It is for reference or study.

It is collection of green plants in a big protected space.

A book containing an orderly collection of dried plants is also called a herbarium.

Maintained by government, semi government or private organizations.

Maintained mostly by research laboratories, colleges, botanical garden and museums.

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