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Colonel and Mrs. Montgomery have also donated to the Garden 
more than 200 species of palms and flowering trees, with sufficient 
funds to plant the trees in 1938; also sufficient funds to build 
roads, walls, etc., in the 25 acre tract, “ but funds for proper de- 
velopment, necessary buildings, and maintenance have not yet 
(1938) been provided.” 
Membership: Life, $500; Donors, $250; Fellows, $100; Asso- 
ciates, $50; Sustaining, $25; Contributing, $10; Subscribing, $5. 
SEBRING 
FriortaA BoTANICAL GARDEN AND ARBORETUM 
Highlands Hammock State Park 
Established: May 14, 1934. Area: More than 1500 acres. 
Direction: The Garden is controlled by the Florida Botanical Gar- 
den and Arboretum Association. The first president was John 
C. Gifford (1934-1936); second president, Abel J. Grout 
(1936-1937) ; third president, F. N. K. Bailey (1937- Ny. 
The Garden and Arboretum occupy Sections 4 and 33, and Part 
of 31 and 32, of the Highlands Hammock State Park. 
Source of income: Developmental work has been done b 
CCC (Civilian Conservation ee Pik Highlands tee 
ne later changed to a new site on Lake Jackson and designated 
s SP-10. Library and ae oning Give 4000 ee 1938) 
ee been started. Plantations: Azalea Garden (donated by the 
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs; Palm Garden; Dahlia Gar- 
den; Taxonomic Garden; Nur rsery. Arboretum about $500 trees 
and shrubs. A Wood C ollection, including species native to Flor- 
ida and others, is being prepared. Publications: 1, Report of the 
Florida Botanical Garden and Arboretum. June 1, 1936, by A. C. 
Altvater, Project Superintendent, Highlands Camp ‘SP-3, National 
Park Service. 2. Report on the Botanical Activities of the Florida 
Botanical Garden a Arboretum. June 1, cFar 
lin, Wild Life Technician, Highlands Camp SP-3, National Park 
Service. 3. U. Department of the Interior: National Park 
Service Branch of Planning and State Cooperation, pe 
Florida, February 20, 1937. By A. C. Altvater, Project So 
intendent, Highlands Camp S P10. This contains a Report by 
Dr. Abel J. Grout, then president of the Florida Botanical Gergen 
and Arboretum Associ ation. The above ss reports were pub- 
lished in mimeograph (or multigraph) form. There is also a 
small printed folder, anonymous, entitled, ms iret Boe Gar- 
den and Arboretum: A Going Project.” 
