GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE 
ACTIVITIES OF THE BROOKLYN 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
THE BROOKLYN BoTaANIC GARDEN, established in 1910, is a de- 
partment of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. It is 
supported in part by municipal appropriations, and in part by 
private funds, including income from endowment, membership 
dues, special contributions, and tuitions. Its articulation with the 
City 1s through the Department of Parks. 
By an Agreement with the City of New York, the functions of 
the Garden have been defined as two-fold: first, the advancement 
of botanical science through original research; and second, the dis- 
semination of a knowledge of plants. 
The first of these activities is carried on by director, curators, 
resident investigators, fellows, and others, who devote all or a 
part of their time to independent investigation. 
The second, the dissemination of botanical knowledge, is ac- 
complished in the following ways: 
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I. By the teaching of classes— 
a. of children who come voluntarily outside of school 
hours; 
b. of children who come with their teachers from pub- 
lic and private schools for special lessons on plant 
life and closely related subjects; 
c. of adults who are interested in some phase of pure 
or applied botany, or of horticulture. 
By lectures at schools and elsewhere by the various staff 
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members. 
III. By broadcasting. 
IV. By loan sets of lantern slides accompanied by lecture text, 
for use in the schools. 
By the distribution to schools of study material for classes 
in botany, biology, and nature study. 
By public lectures and educational motion pictures at the 
Botanic Garden. 
VIT. By maintaining labelled collections of living plants, arranged 
ly, and otherwise on the grounds 
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systematically, ecological 
and in the Conservatories of the Garden. 
VIII. By the herbarium, containing specimens of preserved plants 
from all parts of the world. 
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