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Pinus ponderosa. 



" resinosa. 



" Strobiis and its several forms. 

 Pseudotsuga Douglasii, the Douglas Fir or Red Fir of Oregon. 



Among the shrubs were many beautiful varieties from all parts 

 of the world, to give a description of which would take more time 

 than oui" hurried visit would allow, but we hope to add many notes 

 of the Arboretum collection in the near future. In the meantime 

 those desiring further information are referred to the Tkaxsac- 

 TiONS of the Society, Part I, 1881, pp. 83-87, and Part I, 1883, 

 pp. 79-88, as containing a fuller account of many new shrubs 

 introduced at the Arboretum than can be found in print else- 

 where. 



The following extract from the Bulletin of the Bussey Institu- 

 tion will be of interest to all, even if the facts are known to 

 some: "In the spring of 1872, the President and Fellows of 

 Harvard College received a gift of §100,000 from the trustees 

 under the will of the late James Arnold, merchant, of New 

 Bedford, Mass., for the pm'pose of establishing at the Bussey 

 Institution, a professorship of tree culture, and creating and 

 maintaining on the Bussey estate an Arboretum, which should 

 ultimately contain, as far as practicable, all the trees, shrubs, and 

 herbaceous plants, either indigenous or exotic, which can be raised 

 in the open ah' at West Roxbm'y. At least two-thirds of the 

 income of the fund is to be accumuj.ated until the fund amounts 

 to at least $150,000, and the Bussey estate (Woodland Hill), in 

 "West Roxbm-y, passes completely into the hands of the President 

 and Fellows of Harvard College. A particular portion of the 

 estate has been specified as the site of the Arboretum in the inden- 

 ture which defines the object and terms of the gift, — a portion 

 which contains about one hundred and thirty-seven acres, and is 

 the finest part of the whole estate, as regards the variety of its 

 soils, the beauty and variety of the trees already growing upon it, 

 and the lay of the land. An arboretum is intended to educate 

 the public as well as the special students who resort to it. When 

 Woodland Hill comes into the possession of the President and 

 Fellows, the Ai-nold Arboretum will doubtless be laid out as an 



