45TEMPERATE HIMALAYAN TREES: INTERESTING PLANTS FOR LANDSCAPING THE BOTANICAL GARDENSThe present study resulted in the collection of 13 species of temperate himalayan trees spreading over 11 genera and 10 families. Among these 13 trees, 2 of them are gymnosperms such as Cupressus torulosa D.Don and Cedrus deodara (D.Don) G Don. The present study also highlights the role of botanic gardens for providing suitable habitats for plants from varied climatic zones of the countrybinuthomasct@gmail.comResearch412014Temperate Himalayan trees, Interesting plants,Government Botanic Garden Jaya Vijayan,Ramachandran VS,Binu ThomasDepartment of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India,Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India, PG Department of Botany, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, Kottayam-686 633, Kerala, India