Word: arboretum
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...blessing at a farewell ceremony conducted by Governor Bruce King. "A living tree was chosen because it demonstrates the importance of reforestation and forestry conservation," said Don Laine, a spokesman for the committee charged with selecting the spruce. After the holidays, the tree will be replanted at the National Arboretum...
Human beings are "accidental, unrepeatable, lucky-to-be-here side twigs on the glorious arboretum of life," said Gould, who is the Agassiz professor of zoology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology...
That hope springs from at least two major scientific efforts to develop elms more resistant to Dutch elm disease. Within the next two years, the National Arboretum in Washington will distribute to nurseries several new varieties of elms that are less vulnerable to the Dutch elm disease fungus. Researchers believe that the new elms will be able to thrive even in the polluted conditions found in many cities...
Bussewitz adds that while the arboretum's research on rain forests will help conservation efforts scientifically, the arboretum's tours and education programs help raise public awareness of the problems of deforestation...
Admission to the arboretum is free, but Bussewitz and other guides give van-guided tours on Sundays which cost $1 for senior citizens and $2 for everyone else. The bulk of visitors to the arboretum, however, either go on free self-guided tours or group tours Bussewitz gives for $50 per group...