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the block between 47th and 48th Sts. was sold for about $3,000,000. 
The Garden became neglected for lack of funds and was gradually 
given up. The land between 48th and 51st Streets, from Fifth 
to Sixth Avenue was leased in 1929 to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., at 
a rental of $3,000,000 a year, and is now the site of Rockefeller 
Center. Of 513,575 sq. ft. (nearly 12 acres) of the area of the 
Rockefeller Center, 445,600 sq. ft. were in the area of the Elgin 
Botanic Garden. “Gardens of the Nations,” illustrating types 
of gardens characteristic of different countries, are now (1938) 
maintained on the roof of the central building of Rockefeller 
Center. 
NEW YORK CITY (2) 
THe New York BoranicaL GARDEN 
Fordham Branch P. O., New York, N. Y. 
Established: 1895 (Chartered, April, 1891). Area: 260 acres. 
Directors: 
1. Nathaniel Lord Britton (1895-1929) 
2. Elmer Drew Merrill (1930-1935) 
3. Marshall Avery Howe (1935-1936) 
4. Henry Allan Gleason (Acting) (1936-1938) 
5. William Jacob Robbins (1938- ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free every day in the year. 
Sources of income: Endowment, annual appropriations by the City 
of New York, private subscriptions, membership dues. 
Membership: Eight (8) classes, as follows: 
TEM eIICUOL ee (Ns oo aie os a single contribution $25,000 
DUO. hours Siew eas se single contribution : 
Bellow: tot Gates. eis... single contribution 1,000 
Wemperion lite ny 4:5... ... single contribution 250 
Fellowship Member ....... annual fee 100 
Sustaining Member ........ annual fee fA.) 
antial Wietber ... 44 6s. annual fee 10 
Garden Club Membership ..annual fee 20 
Library: Reference. 46,000 volumes and many thousand pam- 
phlets. Current periodicals received: Approximately 1000. Her- 
barium: More than 1,900,000 specimens from all parts of the 
world, illustrating the entire plant kingdom. Important collection 
of more than 7000 fossil plants. Plantations: Extensive collec- 
