Arnold Arboretum

Many of the exotic plants and large, lush trees that make up the Arnold Arboretum landscape begin their life inside the moist environment of the Dana Greenhouse. Built in the mid-1960s, the greenhouse is also home to a seed herbarium, which contains 1,500 samples of rare and unusual plants from around the world.
Many of the exotic plants and large, lush trees that make up the Arnold Arboretum landscape begin their life inside the moist environment of the Dana Greenhouse. Built in the mid-1960s, the greenhouse is also home to a seed herbarium, which contains 1,500 samples of rare and unusual plants from around the world.
(Photo: Jonathan Wiggs/Globe staff; Text: Bianca Strzelczyk/Boston.com correspondent)

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