THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
RECORD 
April, 1917 No. 2 
VoL. VI 
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BROOKLYN 
BOTANIC GARDEN, 1916 
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
To THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN: 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith the sixth an- 
nual report of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, of the Brooklyn In- 
stitute of Arts and Sciences, for the year ending December 31, 
1916, 
Progress of New Buildings 
Laboratory Building—The contractors began laying concrete 
footings for the last four sections of the laboratory building on 
January 28, and the work continued with reasonable progress 
throughout the year. The corner stone was laid by the chairman 
of the governing committee on Thursday, April 20, at 4:30 p. m., 
with simple ceremonies. A full account of these exercises, to- 
gether with a list of objects deposited in the stone, appeared in 
the Botanic GarpEN ReEcorp for July, 1916. 
The contract time of 300 days, beginning December 20, 1915, 
will extend into next year, but it should be possible to dedicate 
the building in the spring of 1917. 
Conservatories ——The closing year saw the enclosure of the 
northeast and the two south wings of the main conservatories, and 
of the propagating house. By courtesy of the contractors the 
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