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Polly Hill ArboretumThe Polly Hill Arboretum includes 20 acres under cultivation, with an addtional 40 acres of native woodland, located on Martha's Vineyard at 809 State Road, West Tisbury, Massachusetts. It has been developed since 1958 by the horticulturist, Polly Hill. In 1687, Henry Luce, one of the first English settlers on Martha's Vineyard purchased 400 acres of land in the island's center from the natives. In 1926, 40 acres of this land, then a sheep farm, were acquired by Hills family. After her father's death, Hill decided to create an arboretum in 1958, growing the trees from seed. Through purchase of adjacent land, the property was increased to a total of 60 acres. The Arboretums administrative offices are housed in a building dating from the 1670's. Other historic structures on the property include the Far Barn (circa 1750) with its attached Slaughterhouse, the Cow Barn (a private residence), and the adjacent "Gym." The Arboretum now contains North Tisbury azaleas, witch hazels, winter hazels, camellias, magnolias, stewartias, conifers, and deciduous and evergreen hollies, and incorporates a dogwood alle and a pleached hornbeam arbor. Polly Hill plant introductions include varieties of Cornus kousa, Ilex, Stewartia, and about forty Rhododendrons.
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