THE BOTANIC GARDEN AND THE CITY 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, established in 1910, is a De- 

 partment of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. It is 

 supported in part by municipal appropriations, and in part by 

 private funds, including income from endowment, membership 

 dues, and special contributions. Its articulation with the City is 

 through the Department of Parks. 



The City owns the land devoted to Garden purposes, builds, 

 lights, and heats the buildings, and keeps them in repair, and in- 

 cludes in its annual tax budget an appropriation for maintenance. 

 One third of the cost of the present buildings was met from pri- 

 vate funds. 



Appointments to all positions are made by the director of the 

 Garden, with the approval of the Botanic Garden Governing Com- 

 mittee, and all authorized expenditures for maintenance are made 

 in the name of the private organization, from funds advanced by 

 the Institute, which in turn, is reimbursed from time to time by 

 the City, within the limits, and according to the terms, of the an- 

 nual appropriation. 



All plants have been purchased with private funds since the Gar- 

 den was established. In addition to this, it has been the practice 

 of the garden to purchase all books for the library, all specimens 

 for the herbarium, all lantern slides, and numerous other items, 

 and to pay certain salaries, with private funds. 



The needs of the Garden for private funds for all purposes 

 are more than twice as great as the present income from endow- 

 ment, membership dues, and special contributions. The director 

 of the Garden will be glad to give full information as to possible 

 uses of such funds to any who may be interested.* 



* A written Agreement, dated August 17, 1914, between the City of New 

 York and the Institute, touching the Botanic Garden, published in full in the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, for April, 191 5, amends the agreement of 

 September 9, 1912, which amends the original agreement of September 28. 

 1909, published in the Record for January, 1912. 



