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MEDICINAL AND DruGc PLANT GARDENS 
Division of Drug Plants, Bureau of Plant Industry, ie 2. Dent, 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. 
Mimeographed lists of the plants grown may be obtained on 
POQUIeST: 
Florida 
CHAPMAN FIELD 
FAIRCHILD BOTANICAL GARDEN 
A proposal for a tropical botanic garden has been made in a 
publication, “ An argument for a botanical garden in south Florida, 
to be called the Fairchild Botanical Garden,’ by Marjory S. 
Douglas (ells Press, Coral Gables, Florida). The site suggestec 
is a frost-free area in the extreme southern part of Florida, near 
Chapman Fieid, where the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture maintains 
a Plant Introduction Garden for growing tropical plant intro- 
ductions. 
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SEBRING 
FroripA BoTANICAL GARDEN AND ARBORETUM 
Established: 1936. Area: More than 1500 acres 
Direction: The Garden is controlled by the Flomfa Botanical Gar 
den and Arboretum Association. The first president was Dr. 
Abel J. Grout (1936-1937) ; second president, Col. F. N. K. 
Bailey, Sebring. 
The Garden and Arboretum occupy Section 4 of the Highlands 
Hammock State Park. 
Pe of income: Developmental work has been done by the 
(Civilian Conservation Cor Pe initially Highlands 
SP Ss, later changed to a new site o 
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Camp 
1 Lake Jackson and designated 
SP-10. The new site was conidia ed by the Hooker Ham 
mock “arms Corporation. In addition to the Federal Funds 
Cons Piet. lations have been made | oy the State of Florida. 
\e City of Sebring, and the Highlands County Commissioners. 
Numerous priv ate organizations and individuals have made contri- 
