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Paris, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Berlin, the Imperial Botanic 
Gardens in Tokyo, the Missouri Botanical Garden at St. Louis, 
and our sister institution in the Bronx, to their respective cities 
because of their world wide fame as centers for the advancement 
of science and learning! 
It is fitting, then, to fhe in mind, on this most delightful occa- 
sion, the whole purpose of the Garden. With adequate support, 
in sympathy and in funds, this botanic garden may not only be- 
come a source of pleasure and recreation and instruction to the 
citizens of Brooklyn, but should, in due time, take its place as 
one of the foremost scientific institutions of the world. To the 
accomplishment of this entire purpose may these grounds, and 
the Garden staff, and this beautiful building-to-be be devoted. 
List of Objects Deposited in the Corner Stone of the Laboratory 
Building, April 20, 1916 
Envelope No. 
1. Copies of remarks made at the corner-stone exercises by the presi- 
dent of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Mr. A 
Augustus Healy, presiding; the chairman of the Governing Com 
mittee of the Botanic Garden, Mr. red T. White; and the 
director of the Botanic Garden, Dr. C. Stuart Gager. 
2, Brooktyn Botanic GARDEN Recorp—complete set from Vol. I, No. 
Toto .V Ol VW. None: sie the first to fifth annual reports of 
the Botanic Garden (1911I- 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden eee ee issues, 
4. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Contributions—various numbers; certifi- 
cates; diplomas; miscellaneous printed matter 
. Invitations to membership in the Garden; reply card; invitation to 
spring opening, 1915 
6. Illustr a beg of the Garden; circular to Parents and Friends 
oO ; Torreva for January, 1916. 
. American aie of Botany, Vol. I, No. 1; Prospectus, January, 
1914; circular, January, 1916; agreement Be 1914 between the Bo- 
tanical Society of America and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
concerning the Journal of Botany. 
. Memoranda of conversations concerning the movement to establish 
a Brooklyn Botanic Garden; photographs showing excavation for 
the building, and children’s gardens on the site of the building, 
1915; souvenir postcards of the Japanese Garden; blank forms 
in use in connection with the children’s work; BESOgA Botanic 
Garden Boys’ Club, Officers, 1916; Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
Girls’ Club, Officers, 1916; membership buttons and exhibitor’s 
& 
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