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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Fig. 3. Laboratory and Administration Building. Main floor plan. 



and in kindred subjects, the giving of instruction in the same, and the 

 maintenance of public exhibits of a botanical nature. 



The assignment of the necessary lands by the city was made con- 

 tingent on the institute providing a private fund of at least $50,000. 

 Public-spirited citizens of Brooklyn, who wish to remain anonymous, 

 offered, in June, 1905, to give $25,000 toward this fund, and in De- 

 cember, 1906, this offer was doubled, thus completing the $50,000 re- 

 quired. 



The garden grounds, turned over to the institute by the city on 

 February 1, 1911, comprise approximately forty-three acres, lying to 

 the south and west of the Central Museum building, in the very heart 

 of the borough of Brooklyn. The plan of the garden, as laid out by the 

 landscape architects, is shown in Fig. 1. The main entrance, on Flat- 



FiG. 4. Laboratory and Administration Building. Plan of the basement. In 

 the final plans the northeast " Instructors' Room " has been divided into three 

 smaller rooms. 



