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tinuity for the operation of the garden, ossibl , the raising of an 
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peepee fund, and the employment of a “ Botany Director.” 
INDIANAPOLIS (2) 
BoTANICAL GARDEN OF BUTLER UNIVERSITY 
Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana 
Established: 1928. Area: 15 acres. 
Director: Willard N. Clute (1928- » 
Serves as a public park. Open free every day, all day. Source 
of income: Funds appropriated by the University. Library: About 
3000 volumes available at the University Library. Herbarium: 
35,000 specimens. There is an Arboretum and a Fruticetum. 
Plantations: Largely systematic. There is a Herbaceous garden, 
Sand garden, Native Wildflower garden, Rock garden, and Water 
garden. Special lectures are given to school children at the garden, 
also to clubs, garden societies, and general public. Study material 
is supplied to local schools on application. 
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MUNCIE 
BoTANIC GARDEN oF BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE 
About 18 acres adjoining the college campus. Source of in- 
come: State appropriations. 
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GRINNELL 
BoTANic GARDEN OF GRINNELL COLLEGE 
Established: 1908. Area: 1% acres. 
Director: H. S. Conard (1908- ) 
Phe Garder. was established by subscription of funds, the sub- 
scriptions closing December 31, 1908, payable within three years. 
Phe sum now set aside as a special endowment for the garden is 
$1630.00. Some additional funds are supplied by the botany de- 
partment in return for materials used by the department. A con- 
siderable amount of work in the garden is done as class exercises 
by students of horticulture. 
The first plantings were in 1909, 
with 14 species. 
In 1910 about 100 more were added. At present 
there are in the garden about 200 herbaceous species and varieties 
and about 200 of trees and shrubs under cultivation. The trees 
