Word: herbarium
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Boston, Harvard leased the arboretum lands in 1882 for a term of 999 years at an annual rent of $1. Part of the agreement is that the gardens be open to the public every day of the year from sunrise to sunset. The living collections are supplemented by an herbarium and library for the study of plants under cultivation all over the world...
...arboretum was the subject of a lawsuit against the University when Harvard moved a large quantity of plant materials and books to the University Herbarium in Cambridge. Friends of the arboretum charged that this was a violation of the original trust because the University was favoring botanical study over horticultural and arboreal work, as specified in Arnold's will...
Arboretum vs. Herbarium...
Clarence E. Kobuski, curator of the Arnold Arboretum and of the University Gray Herbarium, died yesterday at his home in Weston. Kobuski...
Kobuski had received world-wide recognition for his taxonomic studies of flowering plants; he was also a specialist on the plant life of Asia. Kobuski had served as head curator of both the Arnold Arboretum and the Gray Herbarium since 1954. He also edited various scientific publications of the two institutions...