List of Botanical Gardens in The United Kingdom

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to remember and a list
of things I want to forget,
but I see they are the same list.”
—Linda Pastan (b. 1932)

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“the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)

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—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

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—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)