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CORNWALL-ON-THE-HUDSON 
Tue Brack Rock ForREST 
Established: 1927. Area: 3137.68 acres. 
Director: Henry Harrington Tryon (1927- ) 
“A private holding organized and equipped as a forest labora- 
tory for detailed, intensive research work in problems of funda- 
mental and applied Silviculture, Forest Management and Mensura- 
tion, Tree Nutrition, and Site Evaluation.” Source of imcome: 
Ex xpenses are met in part by the owner, in part by the sale of forest 
products. en free daily; campfires and automobiles are pro- 
hibited. Publications: The Black Rock Forest Bulletins (estab- 
lished 1930, usually annually). The Black Rock Forest Papers 
(established 1935, usually semiannually). 
FLUSHING 
LINNAEAN Botanic GARDEN (Discontinued) 
Established: 1737. Area: At first 8 acres; later, 80 ac 
Proprietors: Robert Prince (1737- ); William She Ca) 
William Robert Prince ( ?-1869). 
Note: This garden was primarily a nursery. The name “ Lin- 
naean Botanic Garden ” was not given it until 1793. The garden, 
from its beginning to its end, was for 130 years conducted by one 
family—through five generations. Here, it is said, were planted 
the first tulips, the first Lombardy poplars, and the first Mahonia 
in America. This appears to have been the first “ botanic garden ” 
on Long Island. Discontinued about 1870. 
GILBOA 
(Fossir PLant Botanic GARDEN) 
The Director, State Museum, Albany, New York 
Established: 1927. Area: 8&0 sq. ft. 
Gilboa Fossil Trees. This is a roadside exhibit of specimens 
of fossil tree stumps near the spot where they were taken from 
the rocks at Gilboa, in the Catskill Mountains, Schoharie County, 
New York State. The group is just within a fence and can be 
plainly seen from passing automobiles. A large-lettered label 
can easily be read from a car standing in the road. The stumps 
