402 
retum, Water Gardens, Rose Garden, Arid and Native Wild 
Flower Gardens, and Nature Trails. Library: In the making 
(about 500 volumes and pamphlets in 1935). Herbarium: 8500 
specimens mounted and classified. A large part of the Coan 
just a little more than one year old (a Government Project), w 
built by relief labor. Special lectures are given to school care 
at the Garden. Living material is supplied to eo schools for 
study. The Garden operates the Fort Worth Garden Center in 
the Horticultural Building. Affiliation: Fort Worth Public 
Schools; Fort Worth Garden Club. 
HOUSTON 
Houston BotTANICAL GARDEN 
Established: 1925. Area: 15 acres. 
Administered by City Park Department. Open free, daily. Mu- 
seum open daily except Monday. Herbarium: About 4000 
sheets. 
Washington 
CARSON 
Winp RiveER ARBORETUM 
424 U.S. Court House, Portland, Oregon 
Established: 1912. Area: 9 acres. 
Administered by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Serv- 
land, Oregon, in Columbia National Forest. Plantations: About 
2000 trees, over 150 species of Coniferae. Publication: Reports 
of Progress (mimeographed) 1932, 1937. The Arboretum was 
eebicted under the direction of the District Forester; the field 
officer chiefly responsible for it until 1924 was Dr. J. V. Hofmann. 
It 1 since been administered by the Pacific Northwest Forest and 
ange Experiment Station of which Mr. Thornton T. Munger has 
been Director since 1924. 
SEATTLE Gh) 
MEDICINAL PLANT GARDEN 
College of Pharmacy, University of Washington 
Established: 1910. Area: Approximately 5 acres. 
Directors: 
1. A. H. Dewey (1910-1912) 
