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to serve in helping to educate the public to the great importance 
of forestry work.” 
POUGHKEEPSIE 
Dutcuess County BoranicAL GARDEN 
Established: 1920. Area: 4 acres. 
Director: Edith Adelaide ae (1920- ye 
Open free to the public. Plantations: Ecological. Popularly 
known as the “ Dutchess County Ecological Laboratory.” The 
pee of the native plants of Dee County are grown here 
some 28 ecological associations (out of a total of 30 in Dutchess 
Coe, Source of income (in part): In 1922-1923 the De- 
partment of Botany was granted the income from the Elizabeth 
Drinker Storer Fund for seven years. Affiliation: Vassar College. 
SARATOGA SPRINGS 
PETRIFIED SEA GARDENS 
(Formerly called Ritchie Park) 
Route 29, West of Saratoga Springs 
Established: 1933. Area: 30 acres. 
Note: About one-half mile south of Lester Park on the Green- 
field road, privately owned by Mr. Robert R. Ritchie, Saratoga 
Springs, New York. This entire area is all underlain by “ Cryp- 
tozoon reefs,” formed by three different species of this calcareous 
alga. The display is said to be finer than the ledge in Lester Park. 
More than six acres have been cleared so as to display the fossil 
remains. “The finest thing of the kind in the world.” 
Open to the public; admission 35 cents. Guides. A natural 
limestone ledge, 500 feet long, has been developed as a rock garden. 
Lily pools. ‘Our future project includes conservation of the 
natural beauty of the park, testing plant material for hardiness, 
and a ‘bird haven.’” (See also Lester Park and Gilboa.) 
YONKERS 
Boyce THompson Institute ARBORETUM 
1086 North Broadway 
Established: 1925. Area: 300 acres. 
Director: William Crocker (1925— 
Admission only by permit. Publications by the Institute: Con- 
tributions (1925); Professional Papers (1925) ; Reprints. 
