Natchez, Mississippi the United States acquired this area from the British after the American Revolutionary War, the city served as the capital of the American Mississippi Territory and then of the state of Mississippi. It predates Jackson by more than a century; the latter replaced Natchez as the capital in 1822, as it was more centrally located in the developing state. The strategic location of Natchez, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, ensured that it would be a pivotal center of trade, commerce, and the interchange of ethnic Native American, European, and African cultures in the region; it held this position
Botanical Garden named after Rostovtsev open ground and about 500 - closed ground. Cultivated 9 species, listed in the Red Book of Russia. Botanical Garden named after Rostovtsev The Botanical Garden named after S. I. Rostovtsev () is a Botanical Garden in Moscow at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. Founded in 1895 on the initiative of botanist S. I. Rostovtsev. The garden area is about 1.2 hectares. The Botanical Garden is part of the complex reserve "Petrovsko-Razumovskoye" and has the status of a specially protected natural area of federal significance. The founder of the botanical garden S. I. Rostovtsev will divide it into 3 departments: systematic,