Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, major botanical research centre famous for its collection of ornamental trees and shrubs from Asia. Founded in 1872, the arboretum consists of 281 acres (114 hectares) at Jamaica Plain in Boston, and it has another 106-acre (43-hectare) installation at Weston, Massachusetts, U.S. The Arnold Arboretum has acquired and cultivated more than 6,000 types of woody plants during its history. Of special importance are its Oriental cherries, forsythias, lilacs, honeysuckles, oaks, magnolias, conifers, dwarf evergreens, and Asiatic trees. Some 4,000 species were in cultivation in the second decade of the 21st century. The arboretum maintains an herbarium comprising more than 1.3 million reference specimens, principally from southern and eastern Asia and New Guinea. It also publishes the Arnoldia, a quarterly magazine.