

THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 



BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



RECORD 



Vol. XII April, 1923 No. 2 



TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BROOK- 

 LYN BOTANIC GARDEN, 1922 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



To the Governing Committee of the Botanic Garden: 



I have the honor to present herewith the Twelfth annual report 

 of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, covering the calendar year 1922. 



Finances 



The financial situation confronting the Brooklyn Botanic Gar- 

 den at the close of 1922 is so serious as to merit attention in the 

 opening paragraphs of this report. In brief, the situation is as 

 follows. 



By terms of the Agreement of August 17, 1914, between the 

 City of New York and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 

 concerning the Botanic Garden, the City agreed to make annual 

 appropriations in its tax budget of such sums of money as it 

 might deem necessary for the proper maintenance of the Garden, 

 and the Garden was authorized to expend these annual appropria- 

 tions for the care and maintenance of its grounds, buildings, ap- 

 paratus, library and collections, including the salaries and wages 

 of those required properly to care for and maintain the Garden, 

 its equipment and collections, for furnishing books, for publica- 

 tions relating to botany, and for numerous other purposes set 

 forth in detail in article six of the Agreement. 



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