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THE BOTANIC GARDEN AND THE CITY 



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The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, established in 1910, Is 

 a Department of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- 

 ences. It is supported in part by municipal appropriations, 

 and in part by private funds, includinj^' income from endow- 

 ment, nicmbership ' 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, li,G;hts, and heats the buildings, and keeps them in re- 

 pair, and includes in its annual tax budget an appropriation 

 for maintenance. One third of the cost of the present 

 buildings was met from private funds. , 



Ap])ointments to all positions are made by the director of 



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the Garden, with the approval of the Botanic Garden Gov- 



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erning Committee, and all authorized expenditures for main- 



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tenance are made in the name of the private organization, 

 from funds advanced by the Institute, which, in turn, is re- 

 imbursed from time to tinu"' by the City, wdthin the limits, 

 and according to the terms, of the annual ap|)ropriation. ■ 



By terms of a written Atjreciiicut, dated August 17, 1914,''' 



between the City of New York and the Institute, touching 

 the Botanic Garden, all plants nuist be purchased with pri- 

 vate funds. In addition to this, it has been the practice of 

 the Garden to purchase all books for the library, all speci- 

 mens for the herbarium, all lantern slides, and numerous 

 other iten]s, and to pay certain salaries, wdth private funds. 



The needs of the Garden for private funds for all these 

 purposes are more than f-ieiee as great as tJie present iueojiie 

 from endoziuueut, nieuihership dues, and special contribu- 

 tions. The director of the Garden will be irlad to irive full 

 information as to possible uses of such funds to any who 

 may be interested. 



* This Agrccmoif, piil^Iished in full in the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden Record, for April, 1915, amends the agreement of Septem- 

 ber 9, 1912, which amends the original agrcemciU of Septemher 28, 

 1909, puhlished in the Record for January, 1912. 



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