Question

An arboretum is a place for growing flowers, fruits or vegetables
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Having a separate place that is involved in the growing of fruits, flowers or vegetables is of importance since it helps in better growth as there is no interference from animals that might feed on them and also better collection of the economically important ones.

Complete answer:
An arboretum is a place where cultivation of trees, shrubs and herbs take place for mostly scientific or educational purposes. The trees that are grown here are conserved and are also labelled for identification purposes. Arboretums are present throughout the world. The arboretum that is present in Asia is located in India at Ooty. It was established during the year of 1992 and was thereafter maintained by the Department of Horticulture along with Hill Area Development Programme funds. It is located near the Udaghai lake and is involved in the conservation of not only exotic species but also indigenous species. It not only helps in conservation of the trees and plants but also animals and birds that live on them. The area of the arboretum is 1.58 ha. And few of the different species that are found in the arboretum are Callistemon lanceolatus, Eugenia apiculata, Hypericum hookerianum, Podocarpus elongatus, Quercus macrocarpa, Taxodium mucronatum, etc.

Hence the correct answer is option (B) False.

Note: Thus arboretums are quite important in the conservation of different species of trees. The other places that contain arboretums are Australia, New Zealand, England, Sweden, Germany, Scotland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Canada and few other places in North America.