One of the oldest botanical garden in Ukraine was founded on May 22, 1839. It is subdivided into four scientific sections : dendrology, herb introduction, tropical and subtropical plant introduction, physiology and biochemistry of plants inductors. It also has a Botanical Museum, seeds laboratory, scientific library. The collections funds of the Botanical Garden amounts to 10000 species, varieties, forms and kinds of arboretous and herbaceous plants. There is a large greenhouse complex in the Botanical Garden where are represented more than 4000 taxons of tropical and subtropical plants. Some of them are more than 100 years old. Namely the 200 years old specimen of Livinstona australis and others.