BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN RECORD 
VOL. XVIII MAY, 1929 NO. 3 
~ GARDENS WITHIN A GARDEN’ 
A GENERAL GUIDE TO THE GROUNDS 
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BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN ? 
By C. Stuart GaceEr, Director 
Introduction 
Gardens within a Garden tersely and appropriately describes 
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and in fact many botanic gardens, 
for such institutions commonly comprise, not one planting unit, 
but several. Possibly it is the realization of this which makes it 
(apparently) so natural for people to refer to a botanic garden as 
“botanic gardens. n the case of the Royal Botanic Gardens at 
Kew, near London, the plantations comprise two distinct gardens 
which were united to form the grounds of the present institution, 
hence the plural form is both official and actual. 
The use of “botanic” or “ botanical” is a matter of arbitrary 
choice on the part of the institution, but the official name should be 
carefully followed by the public. 
1 This title was the happy suggestion of Mrs. Franklin Jones for a talk 
to be given by the writer before the Garden Club of New Rochelle, in 
2 Docentry. To assist members and ee in eee the collections the 
services of a docent (teaching guide) m e obtained. his service is 
free of charge to members of the hire De to others there is a 
charge of 50 cents per person. Arrangements may be made in advance by 
application to the Curator of Public Instruction. No parties of less than 
six adults will be conducted. Application may be made by mail or by tele- 
phone (Prospect 6173) 
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