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of Middlesex University which we hope in the future to develop 
for botanical purposes for the study of pharmaceutical prep- 
arations.” 
WELLESLEY 
ALEXANDRA BoTANIC GARDEN AND HUNNEWELL ARBORETUM OF 
WELLESLEY COLLEGE 
Established: 1923. Area: 24 acres. 20 additional acres for ge- 
netics, ecology, and horticulture. 
Directors: Margaret Clay Ferguson (1923-1932) ; Helen Isabel 
Davis (1932- ) 
Open free, daily. Source of income: Endowment, $60,000. 
In ie Wellesley College maintains the large trees (pruning, 
spraying, etc.), walks, electric lights, and water supply. He rbar- 
tum; More than 85,000 specimens. 
Michigan 
ANN ARBOR (1) 
BOTANICAL GARDENS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
Established: 1914. Area: 51 acres. 
Directors: Henry Allan Gleason (1915—February, 1919) ; Harley 
Harris Bartlett (1919- Ye 
Source of income: Budget of the University of Michi 
Plantations: The more notable features of the outdoor bathe 
are an extensive wild rose collection, a large collection of species 
and varieties of Prunus, and a great many of the varied introduc- 
tions of the Office oH Foreign Plant Introduction of the U. S. 
Department of Agric 
The School of Pony ‘of the University maintains its us 
eries at the Gardens. The greenhouse collections are (193 
chiefly remarkable for the large cactus collection. The ane 
of the Garden provide for bringing into flower, for identification 
and study, many plants which are collected by various university 
expeditions. 
Affiliation: The Botanical Gardens constitute an independent 
department of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. 
Facilities for scientific investigation are offered to all Departments 
the University, and have been utilized, not only by the Depart- 
ment of Botany, but also by the School of Forestry and Conserva- 
