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Does not serve as a public park, but is open free to the public 
at all times. Source of income: Privately endowed. Librar 
Small. Plantations: Systematic and geographic. Publications: 
Quarterly Bulletin. (Jan., April, July and Oct.) 
MARSHALL'S GARDEN (DISCONTINUED) 
Established: 1773, at West Bradford, Pennsylvania, by Humphry 
Marshall, a cousin of John Bartram. Some of the trees are 
still standing (1937) but the garden, as such, has been aban- 
doned. (See Philadelphia: Bartram Garden.) 
Morris ARBORETUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia 
Established: Oct., 1932. Area: 160 acres. 
Director: Rodney H. True (1932- Ne 
Does not serve as a public park. Admission free. Hours: 2-5 
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1-5 Saturdays. Source of income: 
Endowment (The Morris Foundation). Library: 1500 volumes ; 
125 pamphlets. Herbarium: 10,000 sheets. Fruticetum: Shrubs 
not segregated. Plantations: Mainly systematic with attention to 
soil diversity. Publications: se eae eae planned (1934). 
Scientific monograph series planned (1934). Lectures on horti- 
cultural subjects free to the public. Stwdy material supplied to 
schools in limited quantity. Affiliated with University of Penn- 
sylvania. 
There are a number of graduate fellowships for students in 
botany working for advanced degrees. A stipend of $1200 ac- 
companies each appointment. 
The property comprises two estates: “Compton” (about 90 
acres), at Germantown and Hillcrest Avenues, Chestnut Hill 
(Philadelphia), and “ Bloomfield”? (70 acres), in Montgomery 
County, across the City line from “ Compton.” 
RosiIcRUCIAN GARDEN (DisconTINUED ABouT 1800) 
Located on the lower Wissahickon River, previous to the 
American Revolution (early 18th Century). Contained medicinal 
herbs used by the Rosicrucian (Red Cross) fraternity. 
