Word: arboretum
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Members of the Division of Anthropology, the Division of Biology (Botany, Zoology, Physiology) the Bussey Institution, the Gray Herbarium, the Botanic Garden, the Arnold Arboretum, the University Museum, the Division of Geology (Geology and Geography, and Mineralogy and Petrography), the Medical School, the Dental School the School of Public Health, the University Press the University Library and the Officers of Administration are acting as hosts for this first gathering...
...students of Harvard whom he did not know he left a more tangible monument in the Arnold Arboretum. By his devotion and skill Dr. Wilson has done more than any other man to make it the "finest garden in the world." It is a peculiarly effective symbol of a life dedicated to the things of nature, and its value is enhanced because it acts as a perpetual memorial to his name...
Ernest Henry Wilson, curator of the Arnold. Arboretum, and his wife were killed late yesterday afternoon when their car crashed into a fence at Cherry Valley, near Worcester, and dropped 40 feet below the road...
...Wilson was greatly respected and had a large reputation as naturalist, author, and collector. He was born in Gloustershire, England in 1876, made an editor of the Royal College of Science, London, given an honorary M.A. at Harvard in 1916, and was made assistant curator of the Arboretum...
...foreign countries. He was awarded several medals, including the Victoria medal of honor and the Geoffrey St. Hilaire gold medal, and was famous among horticulturists for his books on flowers and trees all over the world. Throughout his travels he was continually collecting all varieties of specimens for the Arboretum...