Arnold Arboretum - View this location on map The Arnold Arboretum was founded in 1872 as a scientific collection of woody plants for Harvard University, and as a public park. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and the Arboretum's first director, Charles Sprague Sargent. It is now a preeminent institution for research on woody plants, with some 4,000 species of trees and shrubs. 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Historical

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