THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
REGO IR) 
VoL. VI July, 1917 ~° 
No. 3° 
ADMRESSES DELIVERED A> tit DEpIcCAa— 
TION OF THE LABORATORY BUILDING 
AND PLANT HOUSES, APRIL 
19-21, 1917 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 
By Arrrep T, WHITE 
Chairman of the Governing Committee of the Botanic Garden 
Tonight these exercises open all the doors of this building to 
the service of the public, and it is my privilege on behalf of the 
Trustees of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the 
Botanic Garden Governing Committee, and the Garden staff to 
welcome you all. . 
We are happy in having with us on this occasion officials of 
the City and Borough who have watched with genuine interest the 
growth of this undertaking, and to whose cooperation we owe 
success. 
We welcome most cordially many of the leading scientists in 
botany and agriculture who have come from all over the country 
to participate in the meetings and scientific conferences which 
will fill the next two days. They come from universities and 
educational institutions in more than a dozen different states, from 
the Department of Agriculture of the United States government, 
and from similar departments in our own and other states. 
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