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SOLEDAD 
ATKINS INSTITUTION OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD 
UNIVERSITY 
Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba 
Established: 1901. Area: About 300 acres. 
Directors (Superintendents) : 
1. Robert M. Grey (1901—June, 1936) 
2. David Sturrock (July, 1936- 
Note: Established under the name “ Harvard Botanic Station 
for Tropical Research and Cane Sugar Investigation.” The title 
has varied. In 1927 it was “ Harvard Botanical Gardens, Soledad 
Estate, Cienfuegos, Cuba (Atkins Foundation).” The official 
one given above was adopted in 1932. The Administrator of 
Botanical Collections, Harvard University (address Arnold Ar- 
boretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.), has general supervision over 
this Institution as one of the nine separately endowed botanical 
units of Harvard. About one half the 300 acres has been devel- 
oped as a tropical botanic garden. The remaining part will be 
developed as funds become available. The land and its endowment 
were given by Mr. Edwin F. Atkins, who established the Soledad 
Sugar Estate. Source of income: Endowment ($212,348.15) and 
ifts. 
Laboratory space and equipment and living quarters are avail- 
able for visiting scientists at Harvard House (Casa Harvard), 
constructed by Mr. Atkins. Those wishing to use the facilities 
should (1938) communicate with Dr. Thomas Barbour, custodian 
of the Atkins Institution, University Museum, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts. 
Czechoslovakia (C.S.R.) 
BRNO (1) 
BoTANIC GARDEN OF MasAryYK UNIVERSITY 
(BotanicKA ZAHRADA Masarykovy UNIVERSITY) 
Kounicova 63 
Established: 1921. 
Director: Jos. Podpéra (1921—?); August Bayer (1938). 
Open free, daily, 7-12 am.; 2-7 p.m. Source of income: Gov- 
ernmental appropriations. ae 983 volumes. Herbarium: 
