Word: arboretums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...light begins to bleach out the chlorophyll--the chemical that turns leaves green--and unmasks a companion chemical contained in every leaf. That companion chemical, carotene, is what turns carrots orange and leaves yellow, according to John W. Einset, an associate professor of biology who works at the Arnold Arboretum. The yellow trees that dominate Vermont's fall landscape are ashes, sassafrases (members of the laurel family), hickories and maples. But, for the most part, you see the distinctive maple scattered all over Vermont...
Residents of an affluent Boston suburb voted overwhelmingly last night to purchase $3.5 million worth of parkland from Harvard's Arnold Arboretum for $3.5 million dollars...
Harvard approached the Town of Weston last spring with the offer to sell the property as a fundraiser for Harvard's financially-troubled Arnold Arboretum. The Arboretum is a 110-acre botanical research center which also maintains property in Boston's Jamaica Plain...
...Biblical Gardner: Paintings and drawings by Carol Lerner. Through December 15. Weekdays 9-4. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University...
Harvard announce that would consolidate its four biological institutions to centralize plant studies and help alleviate a shortage of funds. The move consolidated the Botanical Museum, the Farlow Library and Herbarium, the Gray Herbarium, and parts of the Arnold Arboretum to form the Harvard University Herbaria...