BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN RECORD 
VOL. XXVI 
APRIL, 1937 No. 2 
IWENTY-sIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 
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SROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
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To true Botanic GARDEN GOVERNING COMMITTEE: 
I have the honor to present herewith the Twenty-Sixth Annual 
Report of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the calendar year 1936. 
“ Suppose that, instead of reading the page, we held the bound 
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volume to our ear and it spoke to us.” This unusual suggestion 
was made by the late John Jay Chapman in one of his books. To 
the writers of annual reports such a_ possibility appeals with 
peculiar force. But such a terrifying advantage is not available 
to them. They must still take for granted a certain initial in- 
terest, and must endeavor to sustain it throughout the silent pages. 
In preparing the annual reports of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
it has always been an inspiration to know that the group of trus- 
tees to whom they are primarily addressed, and also the members 
of the Woman’s Auxiliary and other members and supporters of 
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hope that the reports might be the means of extending and deepen- 
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1e Garden, have this initial interest. It has also been a perennial 
ing this interest. This hope has indeed been often realized. 
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