“A botanic garden and arboretum for the collection 
and culture of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees, the 
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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 gardening, and for the 
entertainment, recreation and instruction of the peo- 
ple.”—Laws of New York, 1897, Chapter 509. An 
Act providing for the establishment of a Botanic Gar- 
den in the city of Brooklyn. 
