THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
BROOKLYN “BOTANIC GARDEN 
RECORD 
VoL. IV April, 1915 No. 2 
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, 1014 
RaRORT OF fHE DIRECIOR 
To THE COMMITTEE ON Boranic GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith the fourth 
annual report of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, of the Brooklyn 
Institute of Arts and Sciences, for the year ending December 31, 
IQT4. 
Laboratory Building 
Request for Appropriation for Additional Sections Pending.— 
The situation with reference to our buildings, unfortunately, re- 
mains substantially the same as indicated in my preceding annual 
report. A request for an appropriation sufficient, at least, to 
make possible the erection of the central section of the laboratory 
building, and the section connecting that with the one now occu- 
pied, has been before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
of the City since January 23, 1914. This request was transmitted 
by the late director of the Institute, Professor Hooper. 
The original request of January 23, 1914, was for an appro- 
priation of $128,500, the estimated cost of constructing the two 
new sections above indicated, and of completing the range of plant 
houses. The items which make up this total are as follows: 
