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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



the greenhouses of many city parks contain notable collections 

 of tropical and exotic plants, the Arnold Arboretum at Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass., is the only ambitious out-of-door botanical gar- 

 den in America. Kew Garden in England and its arboretum 

 contain 253 acres of land. This is one of the most famous gar- 

 dens in Europe and it is about 175 years old. The Arnold Arbor- 

 etum is about 50 years old and contains nearly 270 acres. It 

 is already famous for its wonderful collections of American 

 and introduced plant life. 



Photo by Orpheus M. Schantz 



ENTRANCE TO PRIMEVAL FOREST 



The best talent in the country is being enlisted to make of 

 the Morton Arboretum as perfect a botanical garden as money 

 and expert experience can make it and already an expedition 

 jointly financed by the Morton and Arnold arboretums is on its 

 way to explore the forests of the Canadian northwest for rare 

 plants. The arboretum will be open to students of botany and 

 plant economics, and the growth of this very great project 

 will be fascinating to follow. 



The inception of the arboretum no doubt has some connec- 

 tion with the success of Arbor Lodge, founded by Mr. Morton's 

 father, the late J. Sterling Mortor, at the Morton Home in Ne- 

 braska City, Nebraska. Joy Morton has had a vision which is 

 now bearing fruit, in the foundings of a great out-of-door gar- 

 den in the midst of the fertile prairie lands of Northern Illinois. 

 Within a few years it will be possible to see plants from all 

 parts of the temperate world growing under ideal conditions, 

 in close proximity to their North American relatives. In con- 



