Metabolism is total sum of all biological reactions occurring in any living cell, which are absolutely controlled by enzymes. These reactions are of two types breaking down reactions (catabolism, e.g., cell respiration) and synthesing reactions (anabolism, e.g., photosynthesis).

The largest botanical garden in the world is Royal Botanical Garden (RBG, Kew, London) The famous well known botanical gardens in India are

(i) Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur, Kolkata.

(ii) Lloyd Botanical Garden, Darjeeling.

(iii) Botanical Garden of FRI, Dehradun (UK).

(iv) National Botanical Garden (NBG) Lucknow, UP.