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pletion of the buildings, I trust there will be some small portion available 
for the improvement of the grounds, and therefore would suggest, if 
agreeable to you, that the fund might be given the general designation of 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Improvement Fund, which would, I presume, 
make it available for either purpose. . . 
Let me repeat the assurance Berd given you, that no further issues 
of corporate stock will be asked on behalf of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
during the term of the present administration.” 
The check for $100,000, contributed on behalf of the Brooklyn 
Institute of Arts and Sciences, by the chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Botanic Garden and by the two donors of the original 
endowment of the Garden, was transmitted to the Comptroller 
on May 26, 1915. 
The report of the Committee on Corporate Stock Budget, of 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, recommending the 
issue of $100,000 corporate stock is recorded in the’ minutes of 
the meeting of the Board for June 11, 1915. Under Rule 19 
the matter was laid over for one week, the resolution to authorize 
the appropriation of $100,000 being passed by the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment on June 18, 1915; a certified copy of the 
resolution was transmitted to the Board of Aldermen on June 
22, 1915, with a recommendation for adoption, and was adopted 
by the Board on July 6, 1915. The resolution was approved by 
the Mayor on July 16, r915.* 
In the meantime the original plans for the laboratory building 
were carefully reconsidered and fundamentally revised in the 
light of five years of actual experience. Although the disadvan- 
tage of the long delay in the completion of the building can 
hardly be exaggerated,; still there was some advantage, for the 
building as now planned will not only be better suited to our 
needs, but will contain more room than was originally intended, 
owing to the decision to excavate under the entire structure north 
of the central pavilion. 
The matter of revision of plans et cetera was referred to the 
Governing Committee of the Botanic Garden with power, by the 
Board of Trustees on June 10, 1915, and final plans and specifi- 
* See Appendixes 5-7. 
y The situation was presented in detail in the preceding Annual Report, 
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