Field Notebook: Russia 1975
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The XII International Botanical Congress Tour N 6 Programme of the field trip to Adzharia (Georgia). From 11 to 20 July, 1975. Number of participants - 40 Route is 500 km long. 1st day (11 July) Flight Leningrad - Moscow (flight 2428). 2nd day (12 July) Flight 973 Moscow - Batumi. 13.00 Lunch in the "Intourist" hotel. 14.00-19.00 Sightseeing in Batumi. Acquaintance with the Country. Study Museum, seaside boulevard, pioneer park, aqua- rium, delphinarium and other sights. 20.00 Dinner. Visit to the concert. 3rd day (13 July) 9.00 Breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel "Intourist". 10.00 Journey to the Batumi Botanical Garden of the Georgi- an SSR Academy of Sciences (Zeleny Mys). Excursion in the Garden: acquaintance with the collection of cul- tivated shrub-woody and herbaceous plants of open ground. 14.00 Lunch in the restautant of the hotel "Intourist". 16.00-18.00 Continuation of the excursion in the Batumi Botanical Garden. Acquaintance with the reservation of wild ve- getation and with woody-shrubs and herbs plants which had been brought from the Caucasian humid sub- tropical areas. 20.00 Dinner in the restaurant of the hotel "Intourist". 4th day (14 July) 9.00 Breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel "Intourist". 10.00-18.00 Bus trip: Batumi - Mount Mtirala. Acquaintance with beech forest with evergreen underwood (Pontic rose bay, Ungerma rose bay, medicinal cherry-laurel). Stop (in 40 minutes). Examination of the exotics experimen- tal forest plantings. Stop: examination of the single