THE BOTANIC GARDEN AND THE CITY 
THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, established in 1910, is a De- 
partment of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. It is 
supported in part by municipal appropriations, and in part by 
private funds, including income from endowment, membership 
dues, and special contributions. Its articulation with the City is 
through the Department of Parks. 
The City owns the land devoted to Garden purposes, builds, 
lights, and heats the buildings, and keeps them in repair, and in- 
cludes in its annual tax budget an appropriation for other items of 
maintenance. One third of the cost of the present buildings 
(about $300,000) and of other permanent improvements (about 
$253,000) has been met from private funds. 
Appointments to all positions are made by the director of the 
Garden, with the approval of the Botanic Garden Governing Com- 
mittee, and all authorized expenditures for maintenance are made 
in the name of the private organization, from funds advanced by 
the Institute, which, in turn, is reimbursed from time to time by 
the City, within the limits, and according to the terms of the 
annual Tax Budget appropriation. 
All plants have been purchased with private funds since the 
Garden was established. In addition to this, it has been the 
practice of the Garden, from its beginning, to purchase all books 
for the library, all specimens for the herbarium, all lantern slides 
and photographic material, and numerous other items, and to pay 
certain salaries, with private funds. 
The needs of the Garden for private funds for all purposes, 
are more than twice as great as the present income from endowment, 
membership dues, and special contributions. The director of the 
Garden will be glad to give full information as to possible uses of 
such funds to any who may be interested. 
