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staff, and for temporary workers, transient visitors, and conven- 
tions of scientific organizations. 
6. It would also be an advantage for the laboratory to be 
located at a port of entry where foreign importations of pane 
are regularly received. 
In the matter of location the Brooklyn Botanic Garden ful- 
fills practically all of the above requirements. Within a radius of 
a few miles is located the greatest market garden development 
in the United States, together with numerous large nurseries and 
commercial florists’ establishments. Probably the bulk of foreign 
plant importations into the United States is received at the port 
yew York. 
Agricultural land is available by the acre within twenty minutes 
automobile ride of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
Greater New York is also a strategic location in connection 
with easy contact with institutions and workers of Great Britain 
and Europe. Practically every foreign botanist visiting the 
United States comes to New York. 
To properly initiate the work an annual income should be 
assured of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). 
The director of the Botanic Garden will be very glad to sub- 
mit details of organization and budget, and to discuss the entire 
problem with anyone who may be interested, 
Acknowledgments 
A list of gifts and donors is given in Appendix I (pp. 00-00). 
It is a pleasure to record here grateful acknowledgment and ap- 
preciation of these gifts. Special mention should be made of 
gifts to the herbarium as follows: Miss Fannie A. Mulford, 4,000 
specimens; Dr. R. G. Eccles, 1,669 specimens; Mrs. Elizabeth H. 
Reichling, 1,294 specimens. It is also a pleasure to express here 
sincere appreciation to those who have contributed so generously 
to the Botanic Garden collections fund for 1 
Accompanying Papers 
The Annual Reports of heads of departments, financial state- 
ments, and Appendices 1-4, including a list of gifts received, 
