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Library: Reference. 19,500 volumes and 16,000 pamphlets. Cur- 
rent periodicals received, nearly 1000. Herbarium: About 
150,000 specimens, including Phanerogams and Cryptogams. 
Plantations: Systematic, Ecologic, Horticultural, Special Gardens 
Rose Garden, Rock Garden, Japanese Garden, Local Flora, 
Wall Garden, Water Gardens, Children’s Garden, Medicinal 
Plant Garden, Herb Garden.) 
Publications: Ecology, quarterly ; Genetics, bi-monthly ; Contribu- 
tions, irregular; Memoirs, irregular; Record, quarterly (in- 
cludes Prospectus, Seed Exchange List, and Annual Report) ; 
Leaflets, bi-monthly. 
Lectures and Classes: Lectures are given to children and adults 
in addition to courses of instruction. Study Collections: The Gar- 
den has study collections to loan to schools, and living matter for 
study is supplied to local schools when requested. 4 ffiliations: 
New York University, Long Island University. 
BIO OKIE VIN 72) 
Hunt HorticutTturaAL AND BoTANICAL GARDEN 
(Called also The Brooklyn Hunt Botanical Garden) 
Incorporated: April 9, 1855. 
Note: Three city blocks east of Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn and 
between 57th and 60th Streets, and $87,000 were given by Thomas 
Hunt, William C. Langley, and Henry A. Kent. The movement 
was started by The Brooklyn Horticultural Society incorporated 
in April, 1854. The plan was abandoned within one year, but 
no reason for the failure has apparently been left on record. The 
site is now completely covered with buildings. The land was 
deeded back to the original three donors. 
BROOKLYN (3) 
PARMENTIER’S GARDEN 
Established: October, 1825. Area: 23 acres. 
Note: The site was “ between the Jamaica and Flatbush roads,” 
on the outskirts of what is now the City of Brooklyn. It was 
near the present Brooklyn Terminus of the Long 1S nee ae ee ne 
It is recorded ee U. S. Catholic Historical Society, p. 440, 
December, 1904) by Thomas F. Meehan, that the “ black beech 
