In 1812, in Europe there have been two important developments.Performing imperial order , the first director of the garden Hristianovich Steven Christian (1781-1857) was a saving plan , the botanical garden on the southern coast near the village of Nikita Tauris , which was supposed to solve three problems worthy of Crimea :collect all the plants of the world that can grow here , to acclimatize them to extend and , if possible , on the peninsula and beyond, as well as break orchards and vineyards :Napoleon decided to conquer India via Russia, and His Imperial Majesty Alexander I at the request of the governor-general of the Novorossiysk Territory Duke of Richelieu signed in St. Petersburg, a decree establishing the treasury of the Tauride Gardens.
It was in the garden of the Crimean Nikitsky Botany in 1860If it occurred to anyone to remove from the South Coast all the plants , seedlings were grown in a Nikita , the species composition of the Crimean flora would be reduced by half, from the foregoing in no event should not conclude that there is no need to visit the Nikita Botanical Gardens , on the grounds that plants collected here can be seen in YaltaMishore or Alupka,acclimatized and have identified a unique three-sheeted hardiness wild lemon , to which grafted cuttings of different varieties of the above citrus. What's citrus . The only reason that you can avoid familiarity with Nikita garden - it's malicious desire to deprive yourself of an unforgettable experience.
It is a short excursion itinerary , you can see plants from all over the world and created by talented architects, landscape.
is striking a rich collection of conifers. In the Guinness Book of Records is always present sequoia , mammoth tree .In Nikitsky garden you can see some of these giant plants. Tridtsatimetrovye Sequoia dendron - even babies, and they do not have 150 years , but the diameter of their trunks is equal to 170 cm and a height of more than 35 meters. At home in California, this tree grows up to 100 m or more , his age is 2-3 thousand years.The name of the tree was named after the famous chief of the tribe Iroquois Sequoia - creator of the first Native American literature.
Nikita garden - a masterpiece of landscape art . Stone Hill Park artfully planted cactus yukkami , agaves . In pools among the reeds and rushes are blooming water lilies and lotus Caspian .
in 1828 to teach practical gardening in Nikitsky garden was set up school , and in 1828 arranged for Garnevisom Hikitskom garden Magarach establishment of viticulture and winemaking , in 1869, converted to a school Nikitskoye gardening and winemaking, with a 5-year rate and the rights of lower agricultural schools I category .Also, when school had the highest practical courses in winemaking. All students in 1895 was 84, interns at higher rates - 14. From 1869 until the end of the XIX century school has produced 129 people.
At the end of the XIX century Nikita garden had about 116 acres , including the vineyards , fruit and ornamental gardens , gardeners, nurseries and tobacco plantation 32 acres ( about 17 vineyards occupied acres) . Wines were manufactured from 2500 to 3000 buckets.
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