Records of Soil Surveys, 1978-1984.

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Records of Soil Surveys, 1978-1984.

This collection consists of soil surveys that were completed by the United States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Massachusetts Agriculture Experiement Station. Included are reports and maps for Bristol and Essex Counties as well as for the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

4.0 linear inches.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7660452

Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Arnold Arboretum

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The planning for the Arnold Arboretum Centennial celebration began in 1967 when Dr. Richard A. Howard, Arboretum Director from 1954-1978, appointed committees of supporters and visiting-committee members to raise funds for the upcoming event. The week-long celebration (May 21-28, 1972) opened with a banquet in a downtown Boston hotel that featured an address by William T. Stearn, famous taxonomist and botanist from the British Museum of Natural History. Events included a daylong symposium on "Po...

United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....