I'm just learning how to use my digital camera & posted this thread in GD.

[unhappycamper]

I would appreciate any and all comments and pointers for both the pictures and the story. Thanks.


The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University was established in 1872 through a gift from James Arnold as a research station in Jamaica Plain with a mission to increase our knowledge of woody plants (trees, shrubs and vines) through research and education. The land for this endeavor was owned by Harvard University and the University appointed the first director, Charles Sprague Sargent, to assemble a collection of woody plants from around the world and to conduct research with this collection.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Arnold Arboretum can be found here:
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/

This is in the Larz Anderson Bonsai house:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. that tree is almost 300 years old?

man, you have to respect the guys who do this stuff.

[unhappycamper]

2. Yup. That tree is 268 years old. It was planted 33 years

before the Boston Massacre.