The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 



Officers of the Institute 



CtEAiRMAN, Board of Trustees 



EDWARD C. BLUM 



President 



JAMES G. McDonald, ll.d. 



First Vice-President Second Vice-President 



WALTER H. CRITTENDEN ADRIAN VAN SINDEREN 



Third Vice-President 



CI-IARLES PRATT 



Treasurer Secretary 



EDWIN P. MAYNARD FRANCIS T. CHRISTY 



Botanic Garden Governing Committee 



MISS HILDA LOINES, Chamtian 



PHILIP A. BENSON WALTER HAMMITT 



EDWARD C. BLUM, Ex officio WILLIAM T. HUNTER 



MRS. WILLIAM H. GARY JAMES G. McDONALD, Ex officio 



WALTER H. CRITTENDEN EDWIN P. MAYNARD 



LEWIS L. FAWCETT ROBERT MOSES, Ex offiicio 



MRS. LEWIS W. FRANCIS ALFRED E. MUDGE 



Ex Officio Members of the Board 



The Following Officials of the City of New York 

 THE MAYOR THE COMPTROLLER 



THE COMAHSSIONER OF PARKS 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



Membership.— All persons who are interested in the objects and maintenance 

 of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are eligible to membership. Members enjoy spe- 

 cial privileges. Annual Membership, $10 yearly; Sustaining Membership, $25 

 yearly; Life Membership, $500. Full information concerning membership may 

 be had by addressing The Director, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington 

 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Telephone, Prospect 9-6173. 



The Botanic Garden is open free to the public daily from 8 a.m. until dusk ; 

 on Sundays and Holidays it is open at 10 a.m. 



Entrances.— On Flatbush Avenue, near Empire Boulevard and near Mt. 

 Prospect Reservoir; on Washington Avenue, south of Eastern Parkway and near 

 Empire Boulevard; on Eastern Parkway, west of the Museum Building. 



The street entrance to the Laboratory Building is at 1000 Washington Avenue, 

 opposite Crown Street. 



To Assist Members and others in studying the collections the services of a 

 docent may be obtained. This service is free of charge to members of the Botanic 

 Garden; to others there is a charge of 50 cents per person. Arrangements must 

 be made by application to the Curator of Public Instruction at least one day in 

 advance. No parties of less than six adults will be conducted. 



To Reach the Garden take Broadway (B.M.T.) Subway to Prospect Park 

 Station; Interborough Subway to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum Station; 

 Flatbush Avenue trolley to Empire Boulevard; Franklin Avenue, Lorimer Street, 

 or Tompkins Avenue trolley to Washington Avenue; St. John's Place trolley to 

 Sterling Place and Washington Avenue; Union Street or Vanderbilt Avenue 

 trolley to Prospect Park Plaza and Union Street. By Automobile from points 

 on Long Island take Eastern Parkway west and turn left at Washington Avenue; 

 from Manhattan, take Manhattan Bridge, follow Flatbush Avenue Extension and 

 Flatbush Avenue to Eastern Parkway, turn left following Parkway to Washington 

 Avenue ; then turn right. 



