Fic. 1. Airplane view of Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
A portion of Prospect Park is shown in the lower left hand corner, south- 
west of the Garden 
Flatbush Avenue (this portion of it being a parkway) extends between 
he Park and the Garden, from Empire Boulevard on the south to Grand 
Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway on the north 
Washington Avenue extends along the right hand (east) side of the 
Garden. 
Empire Boulevard extends along the south end of the Garden (lower 
right hand corner of the photograph). 
At the corner of Washington Avenue and Empire Boulevard is the Cen- 
tral Fire Alarm Telegraph Station for Brooklyn (not in the Garden area). 
At the left of the Fire Alarm building is the cut containing tracks of the 
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Co. (B.—-M.T.) 
The Children’s Garden (the light-colored area at the left of the railroad 
cut) shows the individual beds, with the Children’s Building at the upper 
end and the Shakespeare Garden at the lower end 
The Experimental Garden along Washington Ave., is just north of the 
Children’s Garden. 
The Conservatories and atone ea are on Washington Ave., 
just north of the Experimental Gard 
The Lake may be seen north of the Laboratory ees and north of 
the Lake the Brooklyn Museum Building (unfinished), at the corner of 
Washington Ave., and Eastern Parkway. The Museum = is not in- 
cluded in the Botanic Garden area. 
The Horticultural Section (in the early stages of its development in 1929) 
is at the left (west) of the Museum Building. T he dark strip is a freshly 
plowed area. 
A corner of Mt. Prospect Reservoir is shown at the extreme upper left 
hand corner of the photograph. 
The Esplanade is the dark rectangular area south of the Museum site. 
1e Rose Garden occupies the smaller and light-colored rectangular area 
west (at the left) of the Esplanade. 
The Native Wild Flower Garden is not shown in the pea It lies 
northwest of the Rose Garden and south of the Reservoir 
The Systematic Section occupies the most of the area between the Chil- 
dren’s Garden and the Esplanade. 
The Rock Garden and Ecological Garden are west of the Systematic 
Section, about midway between Empire Boulevard and the Esplanade. 
