THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 



BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



RECORD 



Vol. XII October, 1923 No. 4 



THE FIRST " BOTANIC " GARDEN IN BROOKLYN : 

 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE 



In the Botanic Garden Record for ( )ctober, 1922, was an article 

 on " The first ' botanic ' garden in Brooklyn," calling attention to 

 the garden established in Brooklyn in 1825 by Andre Parmentier. 

 Within a few moments after reading that article, Mr. Frank Bailey, 

 Chairman of the Botanic Garden Governing Committee, picked up 

 a catalog of a bookdealer and, oddly enough, found listed the cata- 

 log of the Parmentier garden. This item was secured by Mr. 

 Bailey and presented to the Botanic Garden library on November 

 25, 1922. It is of great historical interest for Brooklyn and espe- 

 cially for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



The catalog, which is a four-page folder, 21 inches long by 13 

 inches wide, was issued as a " Supplement for the New-England 

 Farmer," and is entitled as follows : 



Periodical Catalog of 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, 



Green-house Plants > etc. 



Cultivated and for Sale at the Horticultural and Botanic Garden 

 of Brooklyn, corner of the Jamaica and Flat-bush Roads, about 

 2 miles from the city of New York. Andrew Parmentier, 

 Proprietor 



1828 



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