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passage of said act, the principal of which sum, or the income thereof, is 
to be set apart and used exclusively by said Institute, party of the second 
part, for the purchase of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees to be set out in 
said botanic garden and arboretum; and 
Wuereas, the party of the first part desires that the party of the second 
part shall have charge of the establishment, development and administra- 
tion of said botanic garden and arboretum for the benefit of the residents 
of said city; and said party of the second part is willing to take charge of 
the establishment, development and administration of said botanic garden 
and arboretum upon the terms and conditions herein set forth; 
Now, THEREFORE, in consideration of the actions already taken under said 
Chapter 618 of the Laws of 1906, and in consideration of the mutual agree- 
ments herein contained, it is agreed by and between the said parties as follows; 
V1Z.: 
Lease and Boundaries of the Garden 
Frrst.—That the party of the first part has granted and demised and 
doth by these presents grant, demise, and let unto the said party of the 
second part the park lands lying between Eastern Parkway on the north; 
Washington Avenue on the east; the line of division between the old town 
of Flatbush and the old City of Brooklyn on the south; and Flatbush Avenue 
on the west (excepting therefrom lands reserved for the Prospect Heights 
Reservoir; lands leased to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for 
museum purposes; lands designated asa site for a public library, under Chapter 
503 of the Laws of 1905, and land designated and set apart by the party of the 
first part as a site for an astronomical observatory, under Chapter 637 of the 
Laws of 1906), bounded and described as follows: Beginning on the easterly 
side of Flatbush Avenue where the northerly side of President Street, if 
prolonged, would intersect the easterly side of Flatbush Avenue; running thence 
easterly along the northerly side of old President Street 300 feet 31% inches; 
thence in a southerly direction at right angles to said old President Street 130 
feet 114 inches; thence in an easterly direction parallel to the northerly side of 
old President Street 180 feet; thence in a northerly direction at right angles to 
old President Street 130 feet 1/5 inches to the northerly line of said President 
Street; thence along the northerly side of old President Street in an easterly 
direction 244 feet 214 inches to the westerly side of old Grand Avenue; thence 
southerly along the westerly side of old Grand Avenue 170 feet; thence easterly 
on a line parallel with the northerly side of old President Street 834 feet 714 
inches to the westerly side of Washington Avenue; thence southerly along the 
westerly side of Washington Avenue 1,110 feet 71% inches; thence in a south- 
westerly direction along the line formerly separating the old town of Flatbush 
from the old City of Brooklyn 746 feet 4 inches to the easterly side of Ilatbush 
Avenue; thence along the easterly side of Flatbush Avenue 2,643 feet 5 
inches to the point or place of beginning. All dimensions being more or 
less; and any building or buildings erected, or that may be erected on the 
said lands heretofore described, and any equipment of said building or buildings 
now provided or that may be provided by the party of the first part, to have 
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