Botany and Horticulture Library The Botany Library was
established in the winter of 1965-1966 when the Botany
Department moved into the newly-built West Wing of the Natural
History Museum and several collections of botanical literature
were consolidated into a separate library. It provides research
support for the Botany Department and the large number of
botanists world-wide who use the collections and resources. The
Horticulture Branch Library was established in 1984 as a
research support resource for the Horticulture Services
Division, which is responsible for the management of the
gardens, grounds, greenhouses, and interior plantscaping at the
Smithsonian Institution. The Library evolved from a small office
collection that was begun in the early 1970s. Since that time,
this collection has been enhanced by the donation of several
large gifts. An acquisition in 1984 of more than 150 American
titles on landscape design dating from the 19th- and early 20th-
centuries has become the foundation of a growing coll