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l)()taiiists, is udw one of tlic coninion]ilaces taught to " every scliool- 

 boy " in the nature study courses of our elementary schools. 



Ttfe I-]]':rbarium 



It is a ]^leasure to report the bcg'inning' of an endowment fund 

 for the herbarium. Altliough a herl)arium is in(lispensal)le to tlic 

 work of a l)otanic garden, it does not api)eal to the popular imagi- 

 nation like the beautification ot the g"r(ninds, nor is it as readily 

 or widel\- understood as, for example, a lil)rary; for this reason 

 it is less apt to be the object of benefactions, except gifts of 

 herbarium specimens l)y collectors. 



The undesignated i^ortion ol" the becjuest of Miss h^din A. T.. 

 Wikander, $2,195.04, intended as a jiermanent fund to meet some 

 urgent need of the Harden, has been set up as a nucleus to a Mer- 

 barium b'.ndowment Fimd, the income to be trsed exclusivel\- for 

 Herbarium ])urp()ses. It is a small ])eginning. but we hope the 

 fund will be augmented at frecpient internals 1)_\- other gilts and 

 be(juests for lliis important i)ur])osc. 



S])ccial attention is called to the ap])ended report by Dv. Reed 

 (])]). 94-96) on the l^mgus Herbarium, listing some of the 

 important items comprised in tliis collection. 



The rLA-XTATIONS 



77/c Dcaii Clay Oshonic Memorial 



One of the most im])ortant Uems to be recorded in this re]^ort 

 is the generous gift l)v Mrs. .Sade bdisabeth Osborne, b^.xecutri.x, 

 a meml)er of the ])oard of Trustees, of the architectural features 

 (fountain, water basins, seats, and columns) at the north and south 

 ends of the Long (ireen in the Horticultural .Section.' 



' Tliis section of tlif l^>otainc (iardcii, over three acres in area, lies be- 

 tween the Bro<il<lyn Musenin site on tlie east, and the new " Mt. l^rospect 

 i\-u'k " on tlie west. The area was one ol two parcels of land on the south 

 and east sides of Mt. i^rosjject Iveservoir projierty. assiuned to the Botanic 

 (iarden ou SeiJteniher 9, 1912, and known until 1935 as the "North Addi- 

 tion" of the (iarclen. The orit^inal Ljrade of this area, from tlie present line 

 fence of Mt. Prospect Park eastward to the Brooklyn Museum line was 

 aiiout 2,^ feet above the sidewalk on h^.aslern Parkway. During- 1914 the 

 grade of the entire ai-ea A\as brought down to the le\'el of the sidewalk, the 



