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Iowa 
AMES 
Iowa STATE COLLEGE ARBORETUM 
Established: 1934. Area: Arboretum, 70 acres; Herbaceous 
Garden, 5 acres. 
Not yet open to visitors. Being developed by the Federal Civil- 
ian Conservation Corps (CCC). Source of income: Taxes. 
GRINNELL 
BoTANIC GARDEN OF GRINNELL COLLEGE 
Established: 1908. Area: 1% acres. 
Director: Henry Shoemaker Conard (1908— Ne 
The Garden was established by subscription of funds, the sub- 
scriptions closing December 31, 1908, payable within three years. 
The sum now set aside as a special endowment for the garden is 
$1630.00. Some additional funds are supplied by the botany de- 
partment in return for materials used by the department. A con- 
siderable amount of work in the garden is done as class exercises 
by students of horticulture. The first plantings were in 1909, 
with 14 species. In 1910 about 100 more were added. Since that 
time the number has fluctuated greatly. 
The Garden is administered by the Professor of Botany of Grin- 
nell College. The College Laboratories contain herbaria of about 
20,000 sheets. No seed list or other publications are issued, but 
seeds and plants are gladly supplied when possible. 
McGREGOR 
IowA MemorraL ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION 
Florence S. Chapin, Secy.-Treas., 
2306 Uplands Drive, Cedar Rapids, lowa 
Established: 1932. Area: 20 acres. 
Open free at all times. Source of income: Contributions. Mu- 
seum: Building built in 1936. Publications: In preparation, Re- 
ports on the botany, geology, and history of the region. 
