Leiden Botanical Garden

One of the Europe's first botanic gardens, now part of the University of Leiden. It is small and beautifully kept. There is also a Japanese garden named after the scientist Von Siebolt who carried out botanical research in Japan during the 19th century. Part of the botanical garden is a historical reconstruction of the very first version of Leiden university botanical garden. It is a 16th century.garden for medical purposes. There is also a systematic garden named after the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.