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handicapped in the really important essentials. The following 
items, therefore (Table I), are to be regarded merely as quantita- 
tive expressions of the fact that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has 
made some progress during its first twenty years. 
TABLE I 
NUMERICAL COMPARISONS SHOWING THE GROWTH OF THE BROOKLYN 
Boranic GArveEN Durine Its First Twenty Years 
The first entry ts in the column indicating the year when the activity began 
19010 1OIT 1020 1930 
t. General attendance. ............... 10,000 | 312,000 | 1,006,027 
2%, so onaripa at lectures and Garden 
CIASSCS ss eee ok lois eas he hea 200 53,200 90,018 
3. ee of school classes (Began 
Sgt Gh Le De ee Ree ota (544) a 000 44,770 
4. perenutaee of all schools served. ibe 5% 2% 94% 
5. Pent pac cke ts of seeds cesteated: 
(Began 1914)... ...-- 28s. e ee eee (25,000) | 128,500 740,791 
6, Library: ee yer Ot books and pam- 
DhIlets sy eva wye teeta eek odes 6) 728 11,778 27,803 
eawevs Approximate number ot 
SPECIMENS aude. 4 eos eee a a hemes 1,739 | 157,000 228,140 
8. Number on monthly payroll. ........ I 5 4l 50 
10. Number members............... 0) a) 572 TITS 
tt. Tax Budget appropriation (Cents 
EIB OC opto aeudene scars, aati acetates $4,744] $14,550 | $08,478] $101,006 
. Private aie Budget (Cents omitted) 3T 5,020 | 34,163 127,860 
on seh Budget: Percentage of total 
Pb ees ides be cw eae otadcabs 489 472% 67% 44% 
14. Privat Funds: Percentage of total 
picsiahniat aeaeaashG ark Give Rucsape eek ie Sete 22% 28% 33% 56% 
Aeanuae of Endowment............ $50,000 $95,525 £990,897 
What We Inherited from the City 
The original 4o acres of the garden had been partly developed 
as Institute Park during the administration of Seth Low, mayor 
of Greater New York, and under the efficient administration of 
Hon. Richard Young, commissioner of parks for the boroughs 
of Brooklyn and Queens. I*ortunately Commissioner Young 
had carried out here the inspired conception of Olmstead and 
Vaux, and had constructed along the east (Washington Avenue ) 
and west (Flatbush Avenue) sides of the grounds substantial 
border mounds, well top-soiled and planted with a miscellaneous 
collection of trees and shrubs. 
