GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . s—a line of research which has been carried on more or lesssteadily since the earlier settlements were made on this side ofthe Atlantic. At the present time a few have begun to offeropportunities for research in the more important branches ofbotanical science. Among these may be mentioned the MissouriBotanical Garden at St. Louis, connected with the WashingtonUniversity, the Botanical Garden and Arnold Arboretum of Har-vard
GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . s—a line of research which has been carried on more or lesssteadily since the earlier settlements were made on this side ofthe Atlantic. At the present time a few have begun to offeropportunities for research in the more important branches ofbotanical science. Among these may be mentioned the MissouriBotanical Garden at St. Louis, connected with the WashingtonUniversity, the Botanical Garden and Arnold Arboretum of Har-vard University, and the Botanic Garden of New York, now inprocess of formation and to be connected with Columbia Uni-versity. The Botanic Garden of Harvard University was establishedin 1805. It has an area of seven acres, on which are cultivatedabout seven thousand species of plants, principally native. Forthis reason it finds but one greenhouse necessary. The garden BOTANIC GARDENS. contains the famous herbarium and library in which Asa Grayaccomplished his work on the plants of North America. The mainlaboratories and museums are located in the university Some very important work on the morphology of the cryptogamshas been published from these laboratories. The Arnold Arbore-tum of Harvard University is organized entirely independent ofthe botanic garden. It includes an area of two hundred and fiftyacres, of which one hundred and sixty are planted with trees and i2 BOTANIC GARDENS. shrubs. It is furnished with a museum, herbarium, and library,for the purpose of aiding study and research in forestry and den-drology. By an arrangement with the city of Boston the arbore-tum is thrown open to the inhabitants of that city as a publicpark. The arboretum has nearly completed a description ofall the trees of North America north of Mexico in a series ofmagnificently illustrated quartos, entitled The Silva of NorthAmerica. The foundation of the Missouri Botanic Garden at St. L
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