Word: arboretum
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last meeting of the Corporation C. E. Faxon '67 was appointed assistant director of the Arnold Arboretum from March 1. Mr. Faxon received the honorary degree of A.M. from the University in 1897. He was instructor in Botany from 1879 to 1884, and assistant at the Arboretum from 1882. Mr. Faxon is now second only to Dr. C. S. Sargent, who is director of the Arboretum...
...Arnold Arboretum has arranged to send Mr. E. H. Wilson, the well known English botanical collector, on a two-years' journey in central and western China to gather specimens of Chinese flora. Mr. Wilson is well qualified for this work, as he has already passed five years in China, and is well acquainted with the country and with its flowers...
...agreement with the Department of Agriculture, Mr. F. N. Meyer, who has been in China during the last two years as an agent of the Department, is to collect floral specimens on Mount Wuti in Sansi for the Arboretum during the spring and autumn of this year, under the direction of Mr. Wilson...
...Jack, instructor in forest botany, is conducting a field class at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, on Saturday mornings to assist those who wish to gain a more intimate knowledge of the native and foreign trees and shrubs which grow in New England. The instruction will be given in informal outdoor talks and examination of the plants...
...from accumulated income toward the purchase of a site for its proposed new building. This made the deficit $19,118,26 and left the credit balance $11,346,73. The Bussey Institution had a deficit of $1,422,35, which reduced its credit balance to $27,143.83. The Arnold Arboretum had a surplus...