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The sup])ort of tlie citizens by way of nieml)erslii|) is less than 

 that accorded to similar institutions in Manhattan and the Bronx 

 and in other cities of comparable size, such, for exam])le, as Chi- 

 cai^'o and lUiffalo. It is less out of all proportion to the wealtli 



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Imc. 7. Dwarfed Japanese Azalea. One of (lie plants presented in 1925 

 by Mr. l^-nest F. Coc. (6221).) 



of Brooklyn and the extent to which the citizens take advantaue 

 of the facilities and op])()rtunities aiforded b\' the (jarden. 



N^ccd for Additional liiidoicincnf 



'idle twentieth birthda_\- of the rh'ooklxn I'.olanic Garden oc- 

 curred on December 28, \()2(). On that date the A<;reement was 

 executed lietween the C"it\- of New York and the Trustees of the 

 Brook]3'n Institute of Arts and Sciences ])ro\-idiii<;^ for the estal)- 

 lisbment of the (larden. The condition for the siL;'nin<i- of this 

 Ai^reement on l)elialf of the Citv was that the Institute should 



