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Identifier: universityofpenn01nitz (find matches)
Title: University of Pennsylvania: its history, traditions, buildings and memorials: also a brief guide to Philadelphia
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Nitzsche, George Erasmus, 1874- (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: University of Pennsylvania
Publisher: Philadelphia, International printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the most attractive features of the Campus. The gardensgive splendid facilities for staging open-air plays, several ofwhich are given every year. The gardens, greenhouses and buildings are open to visitorsfrom sunrise to sunset. THE VIVARIUM was established in 1898 and is locatedalong Hamilton Walk, and connects the Zoological Building withBotanical Hall. It has fresh and salt water aquaria containinga great variety of marine and fresh-water animals ; houses foranimals, and experimental rooms. This was the first vivariumever connected with any educational institution, 105 HAMILTON WALK is one of the most beautiful stretcheson the University Campus, occupying the former site of PineStreet, from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-eighth Streets; along thenorth side are the Dormitories and the Old Athletic Field; onthe south the Zoological Laboratory, the Medical Laboratories,Botanical Hall, the Vivarium and the Botanic Gardens; at theThirty-eighth Street entrance is the Class of 1873 MemorialGate.
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THK VIVARIUM. INSCRIPTIONS AND MEMORIALS IN BOTAN-ICAL DEPARTMENTS Along both sides of Hamilton Walk are shade trees plantedfor prominent men connected with the University; each treeis marked with a brass tablet, bearing the inscription for the manto whom it is dedicated, The following is a key to the treesand tablets; a s1 106 (1) (3) (5) (7) (!)) (11) (13) (15) (17) (19) (21) (23) (25) (27) HAMILTON WALK (2) (4) (6) (8) (10)(12) (14) (16) (IS) (20)(22) (24) (26) (28) 1. Black Oak (Quercus tinctoria). Memorial Tree planted forDaniel H. Hastings^ Governor of Pennsylvania. 2. *Black Oak (Quercus tinctoria). 3. Weeping Willow (Salix Babylonica). Memorial Tree plantedfor Charles C. Harrison, LL.D., Provost of the University. 4. *Pin Oak (Quercus palustris). Dedicated to J. VaughanMerrick, Trustee of the University. 5. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris). Memorial Tree planted forFrederick Fraley, LL.D., on his 97th birthday, 28th May, 1901. 6. *Pin Oak (Quercus palustris). Dedicated to

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