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SANTA BARBARA 
BLAKSLEY BoTANic GARDEN 
Affiliated with the 
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 
Established: 1926. Area: 30 acres. A memorial to Henry 
Blaksley, father of the late Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss, who 
purchased the land and created the initial endowment fund. 
Located on Mission Canyon Road. 
Directors: 
1. Elmer J. Bissell (1926-1936) 
2. Maunsell Van Rensselaer (1936— 
Purposes: 1. To study the culture of native Californian plants of 
ornamental value. 2. To demonstrate the adaptability of these 
plants to cultivation by exhibiting them in systematized group- 
ings in a landscaped setting. 3. To cooperate with schools, col- 
leges, and the general public in furthering a knowledge of the 
flora of California. 
Source ae income: Interest from endowment, special Seale 
tions. Serves as a public park. Open free daily from 8 am 
m. ere - Approximately 500 volumes and pamphlets ileal. . 
ing with the eae nian flora. Herbarium; Maintained by the 
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Plantations: Sys- 
tematic, ecologic, and geographic. Plant matérial supplied to the 
schools of Santa Barbara and to the Santa Barbara State College. 
SANTA MONICA 
BoTANICAL GARDEN OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT 
Los ANGELES 
405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles 
Established: 1933. Area: About 25 acres. 
Director: Arthur Monrad Johnson (1937- ). No previous 
official director. 
Open free daily at all hours. Source of income: “ None. For 
labor to date we have been SUN upon WPA (Federal Works 
Progress Administration) and A (National Youth Admin- 
.” Plantations: Not oa classified. Planted to date 
500 genera and about 150 families, representing all continents, 
New Zealand, and islands of the Pacific. Special groups: Cacti, 
aloes, South African Euphorbias 
