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Author: Jonathan Damery

An Older and Finer Oak

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On the Nature of Trees

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Remembering Lilacs

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Plants under Quarantine

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Peak Spruce

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Ode to the Junipers

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Centennial Wings

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Copper Copse

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Fall Groundwork

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Modern Oak

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Founding fruit

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Shrub Styles

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For over 7,000 years, the land on which the Arnold Arboretum now sits has been inhabited and used by diverse societies and cultures of Indigenous Peoples, including most recently, the Massachusett Tribe. Read about the deep history of the Arboretum landscape.

The Arnold Arboretum acknowledges that benefactor Benjamin Bussey, who bequeathed the land on which the institution now is sited, bought the property with funds amassed from trade in goods produced by enslaved persons. Read about the Arboretum and its entanglement with slavery.

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