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are set in a cement base thick enough to be unaffected by 
the action of frost. The fossil forests of Gilboa are of Upper 
Devonian age. 
This exhibit was installed by the New York State Museum 
(Albany, N. Y.) through the cooperation of the New York City 
Board of Water Supply in the spring of 1927. According to a 
statement of the Museum, “ These Gilboa trees in general must 
have resembled the tree ferns of the tropics today, and also of 
the ancient Carboniferous and Upper Devonian Times. They 
do not, however, belong to this group, but were higher types— 
seed ferns [Pteridosperms].” 
“The greatest interest in these forests is that they are the 
oldest known to science.” (See Lester Park; Saratoga Springs.) 
ITHACA 
CoRNELL UNIVERSITY ARBORETUM 
Cornell University 
Established: 1934. Area: 500 acres. 
Directors: Under the direction of an arboretum committee of the 
faculty. 
Serves as a public park. Open free, daily. Source of income: 
The initial planting was done by CCC (Civilian Conservation 
ee of the National Recovery ‘Adnaiaieeratones 
1935. The cost of maintenance is met by annual ae eee 
to Cornell University. Herbarium and Museum: f 193 
steps had ge taken toward the development of a cee: ium ae 
museum apart from those already in oe at the University. 
During 1936. “ much planting was don 
LACKAWANNA (SEE BUFFALO (1)) 
LESTER PARK (NEAR SARATOGA SPRINGS) 
Fossin Borantc GARDEN 
New York State Department of Conservation, Albany 
In 1914 the New York State Museum received from Willard 
Lester, Esq., a deed of gift of about 3 acres of land in the town- 
ship of Greenfield, two miles west of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
This area includes the widely known “ Cryptozoon Ledge,’ and 
