350 
The Arboretum Foundation, ‘‘a non-profit corporation,” has been 
formed “to assist in and foster the development of Washing- 
ton’s Arboretum and Botanical Garden.’’ Membership in the 
Foundation is in five classes, as follows: 
ENEROCIOLE Ha eaesa ces Annual dues $ 2.00 
Beoulat sess auld a : 5.00 
PRCT Coe rye inet tes . x 10.00 
UStMING a. e. k es ™ - 25.0 
1a 0) 6 gee ee oe One payment of $500.00 or more 
Plantatins: Systematic; Ecological; Special. 
Publications: The Arboretum Bulletin. Vol. I, No. 1, December, 
1936. Seed List. 
West Virginia 
WHEELING 
ARBORETUM 
In the Museum News for May 15, 1928 it was stated that the 
first Arboretum in West Virginia was about to be established in 
Wheeling with an area of about 70 acres. Address given “ Man- 
ager, Waddington Farm, Wheeling.” No reply to our ques- 
tionnaire. 
Wisconsin 
MADISON (1) 
WISCONSIN ARBORETUM AND WILD Lire REFUGE 
Arboretum Committee, Biology Building 
Established: April, 1932. Area: 500 acres. 
Director: FE. M. Gilbert, Chairman of Arboretum Committee 
(1932- 
Serves as a public park only in very small part. Admission 
free. Source of income: Gifts. Also appropriations from the 
State. Library: University Library. Herbarium: University 
Herbarium (approximately 120,000 specimens). Plantations: 
Systematic, geographic, ecologic. Some acreage has been set aside 
for Family, Genus, and Species groupings, but most of the plant- 
ings will be in the nature of natural groupings, such as American 
Larch Association, Wisconsin Oak Woods, Juniper Association, 
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