Word: arborcetum
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...following the adoption of the plan, a group of faculty and alumni, led by the late Professor Oakes Ames '98, formerly a director of the Arborcetum, began to question the wisdom of separating the Arborctum's books and specimens from its living shrubs. By removing half of the institution's facilities, they claimed, Harvard would be serving its own purposes while turning the world-renowned botanical center into a park. Further, the Ames group attacked the legality of the Corporation's actions. Harvard does not own the Arborctum, they stated, but has held it since 1872 as public trustee...
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