ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 8.] : (1910. 
XXXVII.—A VISIT TO THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 
(With Plates). 
W. J. Bran. 
For many years past the most generous contributor of hardy 
trees and shrubs to Kew has been Professor C. $. Sargent, Director 
of the Arnold Arboretum, near Boston, U.S.A. It has long been 
known to us that in the establishment he controls there exists the 
richest collection in the world of the hardier North-east American 
and North Asiatic woody plants, and, with a view to ascertaming 
what was lacking in, and might be obtained for, the Kew collection, 
I was deputed by the Director to pay a visit to this establishment, 
and afterwards to see as much of the horticulture—especially the 
tree and shrub growth—of the surrounding country as was possible 
in the twenty days I remained there. landed in Boston on June 
- 16th, and sailed for home from New York on July 6th last. About 
half my time was spent in the Arnold Arboretum, and I also visited 
the public gardens of Boston, New York and Rochester, the 
Victoria Park on the Canadian side of Niagara, as well as some 
— gardens of repute in the neighbourhood of Boston and New 
ork. 
I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor Sargent 
not only for many courtesies received whilst I stayed in the Arnold 
Arboretum, but also for using his good offices to make my visits to 
other establishments easier and more profitable. et 
History AND ORIGIN. 
The Arnold Arboretum extends over some 220 acres and is 
situated in Jamaica Plain, one of the suburbs of Boston, easily 
reached from any part of the city by electric tramears. It sed its 
name and origin to Mr. James Arnold, a wealthy merchant of New 
Bedford and a member of a well-known Quaker family, who, about 
the year 1870, left 100,000 dollars “for the promotion of agricul- 
tural or horticultural improvement.” One of the trustees of this 
fund was Mr. George B. Emerson, the author of the well-known work 
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