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Founded in 1891 and designed by Columbia University botanists, Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife, Elizabeth, The New York Botanical Garden was modeled after England's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Prominent New Yorkers Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and J. Piermont Morgan agreed to match the City's commitment to finance the buildings and improvements. Today the 250-acre, National Historic Landmark houses 48 gardens and plant collections such as a rose garden, perennial garden, rock garden, as well as a children's garden and a Victorian glass conservatory dating back to 1902.
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