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3. That the Garden may be required to act contrary to this 
agreement, since it occupies City property and derives income 
from city funds. 
It is mutually understood by both parties: 
1. That either party may publish such data as has been gath- 
ered, but that incomplete data may not be released for publication 
except by special consent of both parties. 
2. That at the close of this agreement or at any previous time 
agreed upon the stock or portions thereof shall be divided as 
follows; to the Garden three plants each of all distinct varieties; 
to the contributor, subject to his expressed wish, plants equal to 
his original contribution, if available; to the Garden and the 
Society, equal portions of all remaining stock. 
3. That all claims to damages due to non-fulfillment of this 
agreement are waived. 
4. That the essence of this agreement is the development, 
maintenance, and study of a beautiful, complete, and valuable col- 
lection of Japanese irises, and the utilization of it in such manner 
as to promote the aims and objects of the Society and the Garden 
jointly. 
For the Society: For the Botanic Garden: 
(Signed) Joun C. WisteR, (Signed) C. STUART GAGER, 
President Director 
(Signed) R. S. STURTEVANT, April 19, 1920 
Secretary, April 20, 1920 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC 
GARDEN AND THE AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY 
CONCERNING STORAGE OF BACK VOL-— 
UMES AND PARTS OF THE AMERICAN 
FERN JOURNAL AT THE 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
WuerrEas, the American Fern Society, for the better safe- 
guarding and handling of the back volumes and numbers of its 
official publication, the American Fern Journal, desires to secure 
storage accomodations at some scientific institution; and 
Wuereas, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has, for several years, 
included studies in ferns among its research projects, by the 
