



The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 



Officers of the Board of Trustees 



President 

 EDWARD C. BLUM 

 First Vice-President Second Vice-Prfstdfkt 



WALTER H. CRITTENDEN WiSlU A PUTNAM 



Third Vice-President 

 ADRIAN VAN SINDEREN 



Treasurer 

 G. FOSTER SMITH 



Secretary 

 JOHN H. DENBIGH 



BOTANIC GARDEN GOVERNING COMMITTEE 



MISS HILDA 

 BLUM, Ex officio 



EDWARD C 

 MRS. WILLIAM H. GARY 

 WALTER H. CRITTENDEN 

 GATES D. FAHNESTOCK 

 MRS. LEWIS W. FRANCIS 



LOINES, Chairman 



JOHN W. FROTHINGHAM 

 WILLIAM T. HUNTER 

 ALFRED W. JENKINS 

 EDWIN P. MAYNARD 

 WILLIAM A. PUTNAM 



Ex Officio Members of the Board 



THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 



THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



Membership.— All persons who are interested in the objects and maintenance 

 of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are eligible to membership. Members enjoy 

 special privileges. Annual Membership, $io yearly; "Sustaining Membership, $25 

 yearly; Life Membership, $500. Full information concerning membership may 

 be had by addressing The Director, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn N Y 

 Telephone, 6173 Prospect. ' 



The Botanic Garden is open free to the public daily from 8 a.m until dusk • 

 on Sundays and Holidays open at 10 a.m. • ' 



Entrances.— On Flatbush Avenue, near Empire Boulevard (Malbone Street) 

 and near Mt. Prospect Reservoir ; on Washington Avenue, south of Eastern Park- 

 way and near Empire Boulevard; on Eastern Parkway, west of the Museum 

 Building. 



The street entrance to the Laboratory Building is at 1000 Washington Avenue 

 opposite Montgomery Street. ' 



To Assist Members and others in studying the collections the services of a 

 docent may be obtained. This service is free of charge to members of the Botanic 

 Garden; to others there is a charge of 50 cents per person. Arrangements must 

 be made by application to the Curator of Public Instruction at least one week in 

 advance. No parties of less than six adults will be conducted. 



To Reach the Garden take Broadway (B.M.T.) Subway to Prospect Park 

 Station; Interborough Subway to Eastern Parkway- Brooklyn Museum Station; 

 Flatbush Avenue trolley to Empire Boulevard ; Franklin Avenue. Lorimer Street' 

 or Tompkins Avenue trolleys to Washington Avenue ; St. John's Place trolley to 

 Sterling Place and Washington Avenue; Union Street or Vanderbilt Avenue 

 trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union Street. 



