Word: arboretum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the Arboretum has numerous other exquisite collections, Chief Plant Propagator, John H. Alexander III, said that these redolent spring blossoms have a certain nostalgia attached to them...
...bearded propagator, dressed for the occasion in a lilac purple T-shirt emblazoned with a Harvard shield where the word "Veritas" was replaced with "Syringa," said that most of the Arboretum's lilac plants are "cultivars,"--bred for their various horticultural merits...
This spring's record blizzard left the more than 600 small shrub-like lilac bushes virtually untouched, whereas many of the arboretum's larger trees suffered serious damage...
...addition to Lilac Day, the Arboretum has an annual plant sale later in the year where some lilacs are sold...
Designed in 1872 by Frederick Law Olmsted and planted by Charles S. Sargent, the Arboretum is Harvard's "living museum" for scientific study and public use. It is located near the Orange Line's Forest Hill stop