SHS) 
will be removed to another place before they grow large. The 
garden is strictly for herbs and shrubs. The local flora is largely 
represented. 
The Garden is administered by the Professor of Botany of Grin- 
nell College. The College Laboratories contain herbaria of about 
10,000 sheets. No seed list or other publications are issued, but 
seeds and plants are gladly supplied when possible. 
Kentucky 
LEXINGTON (1) 
KENTUCKY Botanic GARDEN 
Lexington 
Established: 1927. Area: About 7 acres. 
Directors: A joimt committee from the Lexington Garden Club 
and the University of Kentucky. Miss Mary L. Didlake 
Chairman. 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily. Source of income: 
Appropriations from University and donations from Kentucky 
Garden Clubs. Library: Those of the University and the Experi- 
ment Station. Herbarium: Those of the University and the Ex- 
periment Station. There is an arboretum, but no fruticetum. 
Plantations: Mainly under ecologic heads. Affiliation: The Gar- 
den is affiliated with the University of Kentucky and is under its 
management. 
LEXINGTON (2) 
Botanic GARDEN OF TRANSYLVANIA University (Abandoned) 
Louisiana 
NEW ORLEANS 
ARBORETUM 
In 1934 plans were initiated in New Orleans for the develop- 
ment of an Arboretum as a part of the City Park extension. Much 
preliminary work has been done on the site by W.P.A. (U. S. 
Works Progress Administration) labor. The New Orleans Acad- 
emy of Sciences and the New Orleans Garden Society have been 
interested in furthering the project by securing funds and other- 
wise. 
