96 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1893. 



and vines, in large variety, and with numerous kinds of exposure and 

 soil. 



Here we find retreats and outlooks, which offer quiet nooks, and 

 command extensive views, both inland and also out-to-sea. 



By agreement between the City of Boston and Harvard University, 

 to which Mr. Bussey willed his extensive farm, the tract of land for 

 this Arboretum has been set apart, under certain rules that admit the 

 public, while the City of Boston builds and maintains the roads and 

 provides the police protection. 



This Arboretum is endowed, and contains a propagating house ; 

 which the house of the Superintendent in charge of the grounds ad- 

 joins. The living collections are supplemented by an Herbarium, 

 Museum, and Library. 



Anyone properly qualified to pursue the study of practical arboi'i- 

 culture or forestry may be admitted to the Arboretum as a student, 

 under such conditions as are laid down in a prospectus that is accessi- 

 ble to all upon application to the authorities at Cambridge by mail. 

 Fees are remitted in consideration for services performed. 



All that has been accomplished there so far, and very much more 

 has been done than will at first be realized, has been executed with 

 the greatest care and thoroughness, as is evidenced by a single state- 

 ment. In some cases, where excavations have been necessary to pro- 

 mote the best growth of certain trees, the natural earth has been re- 

 moved to the diameter of 20 feet, and depth of several feet to be re- 

 placed by prepared soil for a single tree, and often for one of small 

 size. And, where mixtures of trees, shrubs and ground vines are 

 set, the soil has been previously prepared with great care. The object 

 being to insure the best chances of realizing, in all cases, the most 

 healthy growth and most perfect forms of the mauy varieties that the 

 Arboretum is composed of. 



Every effort appears to be made to secure for its composition a col- 

 lection that shall eveutuallj' be as complete and perfect as human 

 ingenuity and the resources of the world, in the climate of Massachu- 

 setts, will allow. 



There is every reason to think that time will establish here an insti- 

 tution whose usefulness to the State, and beyond its borders, will be 

 second to none in the world's, and limited only by climatic consider- 

 ations. The pi'eseut foundations are admirable to build on, and are 

 well deserving of a visit. 



This will soon be one of Boston's links in the long chain of Parks 

 that will extend from East Boston and Charlestown, along the banks 



