OBJECTS OF THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
“For the collection and culture of plants, flowers, shrubs and 
trees, the advancement of botanical science and knowledge, and the 
prosecution of original researches therein and in kindred subjects; 
for affording instruction in the same, and for the prosecution and 
exhibition of ornamental and decorative horticulture and garden- 
ing, and for the entertainment, recreation and instruction of the 
people.” From the Act of May 18, 1897, providing for the estab- 
lishment of the Brooklyn Botansc Garden, Laws of New York, 
1897, Chapter 509. 
