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A SYNOPSIS OF OTHER HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY FACILITIES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA THERE ARE SEVERAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN AREA WHICH MAY BE COM-ARED TO THE NOERENBERG GARDEN. 1. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM THIS FACILITY CLOSELY FITS THE ABOVE DEFINITION OF AN ARBORETUM. ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO TEST AND DEVELOP ORNAMENTAL PLANTS HARDY TO MINNESOTA. SEVERAL PLANT VARIETIES NOW MARKETED BY LOCAL NURSERIES WERE DEVELOPED AT THE ARBORETUM. PROVIDING OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPOR- TUNITIES IS AN IMPORTANT BUT SECONDARY FUNCTION OF THE ARBORETUM; AND CONSISTS PRINCIPALLY OF VIEWING VARIOUS COLLECTIONS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE IN BLOOM. 2. LAKE HARRIET ROSE GARDEN THIS IS CONSIDERED A DISPLAY GARDEN, BUT MUCH MORE SPECIALIZED THAN THE NOERENBERG GARDEN WILL BE. THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS (AS THE NAME IMPLIES) IS THE DISPLAY OF VARIOUS ROSES. SEVERAL SMALL BEDS OF OTHER FLOWERS ARE INCLUDED, BUT THESE ARE SECONDARY IN SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ROSES. 3. ELOISE BUTLER WILDFLOWER GARDEN WHILE THIS FACILITY IS CALLED A GARDEN, IT IS PRIMARILY AN ENRICHED WOODS WITH TRAILS. THOUGH IT IS NATURAL LOOKING, WILDFLOWERS ARE IN- TENSELY PLANTED THROUGHOUT. THE EMPHASIS IS ON WILDFLOWERS AS INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF INTEREST. THIS AREA IS SIMILAR TO THE PROPOSED NOERENBERG SANCTUARY, ALTHOUGH NOERENBERG IS LARGER AND EMCOMPASSES A GREATER VARIETY OF PLANT COMMUNITY TYPES. 4. COMO PARK CONSERVATORY THE CONSERVATORY IS PRIMARILY AN INDOOR DISPLAY OF TROPICAL PLANTS. SEASONAL SHOWS OF CERTAIN FLOWERING PLANTS SUCH AS CHRYSANTHEMUM ARE ALSO FEATURED. NORT14PVP K114G TEST GARDEN (COMMERCIALLY OWNED) THIS AREA IN EDEN PRAIRIE IS OPERATED BY THE NORTHRUP KING SEED COMPANY TO TEST VARIOUS SEEDS THE COMPANY PRODUCES. WHILE THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC FACILITY, THE PUBLIC IS PERMITTED TO VIEW THE AREA; BUT, CLEARLY, THE PURPOSE 1S RESEARCH AND TESTING. WHILE NUMBERS OF VISITORS TO THESE FACILITIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, OBSER- VATIONS OF THE PUBLIC AREAS INDICATE A HIGH LEVEL OF USE. THE NORTHRUP KING TEST GARDEN PROBABLY RECEIVES LESS BECAUSE IT 15 NOT PUBLICIZED. UNIQUENESS WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN AREA THE ABOVE FACILITIES WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AT THE NOERENBERG SITE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO GENERAL PUBLIC DISPLAY GARDENS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. THEREFORE, A GARDEN SUCH AS THIS IS CLEARLY IN THE SPECIALIZED CLASSIFICATION OF ZOOS, CONSERVATORIES AND PLANETARIUMS, IN THA.? OPJE OF EACH IS USUALLY CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT FOR A tFIETROPOL 1 T,44 AREA.