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The historical mission of the Arnold Arboretum is to increase knowledge of woody plants through research and to disseminate this knowledge through education. [6] Arnold's gift was combined with 120 acres (0.49 km 2) of land that had been donated to Harvard University in 1842.
In 1872, when the trustees of the will of James Arnold transferred his estate to Harvard University, Arnold's gift was combined with 120 acres (0.5 km 2) of the former Bussey estate to create the Arnold Arboretum. [5] [10] [7] The arboretum's Bussey Hill and Bussey Brook (formerly Sawmill Brook), and the adjacent Bussey Street still bear his name.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Arnold Arboretum: Harvard University: Boston: Babcock Arboretum: Eastern Nazarene College: Quincy: Berkshire Botanical Garden
The Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts is one of the premier collections of bonsai in the United States and includes a Hinoki Cypress over 250 years old. [1] The Bonsai Pavilion where the trees are housed are part of the complex of buildings known as the Dana Greenhouses.
Rhododendron garden. Stone wall with gate. The Case Estates is a botanical garden located at 135 Wellesley Street, Weston, Massachusetts.Measuring 65 acres (260,000 m 2), the estates were at one time the active plant nurseries of the Arnold Arboretum.
Arnold Arboretum is leased to and managed by Harvard University. The west banks of Olmsted Park and the Riverway are under the jurisdiction of Brookline Parks & Open Space. The majority of the Emerald Necklace is maintained by Boston Parks and Recreation with a small portion belonging to the Department of Conservation and Recreation .
The Arnold Arboretum's first director, Charles Sprague Sargent, viewed the publication as a means of alerting visitors to the "flowering of important plants" in the Arnold Arboretum's collections. Initially, the Bulletins were issued only during the growing season, and with a Bulletin in hand, there was no reason a visitor should miss the ...
The Arnold arboretum. OCLC 83422083. McKelvey, Susan Delano (1991). Botanical exploration of the trans-Mississippi West, 1790-1850. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 9780870715136. OCLC 1052686671 8] McKelvey, Susan Delano (1938). Yuccas of the Southwestern United States: Part I. The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.