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The Arnold Arboretum is a botanical research institution and free public park affiliated with Harvard University and located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston. Established in 1872, it is the oldest public arboretum in North America. [ 2 ]
Rhododendron garden. Stone wall with gate. The Case Estates is a botanical garden located at 135 Wellesley Street, Weston, Massachusetts.Measuring 65 acres (260,000 m 2), the estates were at one time the active plant nurseries of the Arnold Arboretum.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Arnold Arboretum: Harvard University: Boston: Babcock Arboretum: Eastern Nazarene College: Quincy: Berkshire Botanical Garden
Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 – March 22, 1927) [1] was an American botanist.He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death.
The first attempts to create a geographical hardiness zone system were undertaken by two researchers at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston; the first was published in 1927 by Alfred Rehder, [1] and the second by Donald Wyman in 1938. [2] The Arnold map was subsequently updated in 1951, 1967, and finally 1971, but eventually fell out of use completely.
The Adams-Nervine Asylum was incorporated in 1877 and opened in 1880 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.The estate provided an attractive, picturesque setting, as it was situated on Centre Street, in the neighborhood of Bussey Park and the Arnold Arboretum.
The portion of the Arnold Arboretum south of Bussey Street is located in Roslindale. Six miles south-southwest of downtown Boston, Roslindale was originally part of the town of Roxbury. In 1851, current day Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and West Roxbury seceded from Roxbury. The area voted in 1873 to be annexed to the City of Boston. [2]
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