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THE BOTANIC GARDEN AND THE CITY 
THe Brook_tyn Botanic GARDEN, established in 1910, is a De- 
partment of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. It 1s 
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, 
ights, 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 
(total cost, about $300,000), and other permanent improvements 
to a total of more than $281,000, 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. Certain salaries are paid, in 
whole or in part, from private funds. 
All plants have been purchased with private funds since the 
Garden was established. In addition to this, it has been the prac- 
tice of the Garden, from its beginning, to purchase with private 
funds all publications for the library, all specimens for the her- 
barium, all lantern slides and photographic material, and numerous 
other items. These collections, available without charge for public 
use, are the property of the Trustees. 
The interest on One Million Dollars at the rate of 3.5 per cent, 
added to the present private funds income, would restore that in- 
come to the 1930 figure. The director will be glad to give full 
information as to the uses for which such additional income is 
needed. 
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