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HARTFORD 
Hartrorp ARBORETUM 
Area: 260 acres in Batterson Park, West Hartford. 
Park Superintendent: George H. Hollister. 
During 1935 a botanical survey was made, with Federal Works 
Progress Administration (WPA) labor, to determine what trees, 
shrubs, and herbaceous plants were on the site. The appropriation 
was $470. In 1936 preliminary plans were being made by a land- 
scape architect. During the winter of 1937-38 work was started 
with WPA labor, “ clearing the Great Meadow and some excava- 
tion was made for the pond. . . . At present (April 22, 1938) the 
work is at a standstill.” 
A “Memorandum Report,” by Olmsted Brothers (Parks and 
Recreation; 21: 353. April, 1938.), states that ‘‘ The scheme is 
based upon the conception—outlined by the superintendent .. . 
—of a landscape arboretum rather than a purely scientific insti- 
tution; that is, an arboretum that will give first consideration to 
indigenous plants, and will display these plants in beautiful natural 
settings and in their natural associations with other plants.” It is 
the intention “to subordinate or adjust the strictly scientific func- 
tions to the broader and more popular functions of showing the 
values of plants as elements of landscape and as particu- 
larly certain typical associations of plants that ... might occur 
naturally in any particular environment.” 
NEW HAVEN 
Marsu BotranicaL GARDEN 
Established: 1900. Area: 17 acres. 
Directors: 
1. James William Toumey (1900-1919) 
2. Committee (Henry S. Graves, Chairman) (1920-1926) 
3. George Elwood Nichols (1927- 
Serves wae Wee as a public park, Admission free, daily. 
Source of income: Yale University, general funds. Library: De- 
partmental bere 7 the University Department of Botany. Her- 
barium: Herbarium of the Department of Botany, including local 
