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SAN MARINO 
HUNTINGTON BOTANICAL GARDEN 
Established: 1928. Area: 200 acres. 
Board of Directors: 
1. Henry M. Robinson, Chairman 
2. George Ellery Hale 
3. Archer Milton Huntington 
4. Robert A. Millikan 
5. Henry S. Pritchett 
Open free, daily (except Mondays and the Ist and 3rd Sundays 
of each month), from 1:15 until 4: 30 pm. Source of income: 
Trust Endowment. Owned and administered by the Henry E. 
Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Library: Approximately 
3000 volumes and pamphlets. Plantations: Systematic and Geo- 
graphic. Arboretum. Publications: ““ The Genus Cereus,” by Dr. 
. Werdermann. Supplies surplus living matter to schools. 
SANTA BARBARA 
BLAKSLEY BOTANIC GARDEN 
P. O. Box 198 
Established: 1926. Area: 30 acres (including a wooded terrace). 
Use of 15 more acres. A memorial to Henry Blaksley, father 
of the late Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss. Located on Mission 
Canyon Road. 
An exhibition garden of native plants grown under horticultural 
conditions adapted to private gardens and for roadside planting. 
Drought-resistant plants. 
Directors: Elmer J. Bissell, M.D. (1926-1936), who purchased 
the land and developed and landscaped it in association with his 
wife, Ervanna Bowen Bissell; Maunsell Van Rensselaer 
(1936-— 
Source of income: Supported by Mrs. W. G. Bliss and the Di- 
rectors. Serves as public park. Open free daily from sunrise 
to sunset. Open to college students and public-school pupils for 
botanical study ; supervised instruction. Library: Outdoor book- 
shelves of reference for use in garden. Book-table in Chaparral 
