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by C. S. Rafinesque, secretary of the board of managers of the institution. 

 He, in conjunction with Dr. W. H. Richardson, president of the board of 

 managers, published the "First Catalogue and Circulars of the Botanical 

 Garden of Transylvania University at Lexington, Kentucky, for the year 

 1924." This garden was apparently abandoned shortly after that date. 



5. The Hunt Botanical Garden, Brooklyn, New York. In 1855 the Hunt 

 Botanical Garden was established in Brooklyn, New York. Notwith- 

 standing the fact that this garden was inaugurated under splendid con- 

 ditions, the land having been donated and a rather large endowment (for 

 the time) established, it ceased to exist within one year from the date of 

 its inauguration. 



6. The Arnold Arboretum. Through a bequest of one hundred thou- 

 sand dollars made by Mr. James Arnold (1868), a merchant of New Bed- 

 ford, for the improvement of agriculture or horticulture, the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum of Harvard University had its origin. The trustees of the estate of 

 Mr. Arnold decided to turn over the legacy to the president and fellows 

 of Harvard University, providing it should be devoted to the establishment 

 and maintenance of an arboretum on a part of a farm in West Roxbury 

 which had been given to the university by Mr. Benjamin Bussey. On 

 March, 1872, this plan was carried out and one hundred and twenty acres 

 of this farm were set aside for the proposed arboretum. In December, 

 1882, a contract was made between the university and the City of Boston 

 whereby the city agreed to add certain adjoining lands, construct and main- 

 tain under the direction of the park commission a system of drives and 

 walks, to police the grounds and to assume all taxes which might be levied 

 on the property. This contract was drawn to cover a period of nine hundred 

 and ninety-nine years. The university agreed to open the arboretum to 

 the public from sunrise to sunset during every day of the year, reserving, 

 however, entire control of all collections and of the grounds with the excep- 

 tion of the drives and walks. The principal collection of trees and shrubs 

 was not planted until 1886. In 1894 additional land was added to the 

 arboretum by the president and fellows of Harvard University. The 

 arboretum now occupies two hundred and forty acres, the topography of 

 which comprises areas of meadow, hill and valley. (Excerpts from "A Guide 

 to the Arnold Arboretum," Charles S. Sargent, Director. Printed by the 

 Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1925.) 



7. Botanical Garden of Michigan Agricultural College. The Michigan 

 Agricultural College (now the Michigan State College of Agriculture and 

 Applied Science) established a botanical garden in 1873. It covers at the 

 present time (1927) about two and one-half acres, but plans are under way 

 to increase the area in the near future. It has been in continuous existence 



