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supplement to the nature study and botanical work of the local 
schools—public and private. 
4. To make the Garden an important center for the diffusion 
of popular and technical scientific information about plants. 
5. To render the city of New York a direct and indispensable 
service by becoming a center of information and investigation 
concerning all phases of plant life in the city, with special ref- 
erence to trees and shrubs in parks and streets. 
6. To become a center of botanical investigation in pure and 
applied science, Nea recognized as an institution of the 
first rank 
II. A Program 
1. A botanic garden, supported in part by public taxation, is 
under a double obligation: first, to the community which fosters 
and supports it; second, to the science whose advancement is the 
only adequate justification for its existence. Our program, there- 
fore, during the next five years, should continue, as during the 
past five years, plans for development along two lines: 
(a) Public education and recreation. 
(b) The advancement of botanical science. 
2. As a matter of fundamental necessity this program will in- 
clude: 
(a) The completion of the work, now in progress, of bringing 
the entire area of the Garden to final grade, and establishing the 
lawns. The cost of this should be met entirely by annual appro- 
priations from the tax budget; heretofore it has needed to be 
generously supplemented by special contributions of private 
funds. 
(b) The ornamental and utilitarian sang) 
‘(c) The expansion and up-keep of the scientific plantations 
(already well under way), including the labeling. 
(d) The providing of plenty of garden seats, of attractive 
type. 
(e) The erection of a new, unclimbable fence surrounding the 
entire garden. 
(f) The construction of seven public entrances (with entrance 
and exit turnstiles located as follows) : 
