The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 



Officers of the Institute 



Chairman, 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 



CHARLES PRATT 



Treasurer Secretary 



EDWIN P. MAYNARD FRANCIS T. CHRISTY 



Botanic Garden Governing Committee 



MISS HILDA LOINES, Chairman 

 PHILIP A. BENSON, Vice-Chmn. MRS. LEWIS W. FRANCIS 

 EDWARD C. BLUM, Ex officio WALTER HAMMITT 



MRS. WILLIAM H. CARY WILLIAM T. HUNTER 



WILLIAM G. CREAMER JAMES G. McDONALD, Ex officio 



WALTER H. CRITTENDEN EDWIN P. MAYNARD 



LEWIS L. FAWCETT ROBERT MOSES, Ex officio 



ALFRED E. MUDGE 



Ex Officio members of the board 



The Following Officials of the City of New York 

 THE MAYOR THE COMPTROLLER 



THE COMMISSIONER 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; Contributing Membership, $100 yearly; Life Membership, $500. Full in- 

 formation c6ncerning membership may be had by addressing The Director, Brook- 

 lyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Telephone, 

 Main 2-4433. 



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 Park; 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 Flatbush Avenue; St. John's Place trolley to Ster- 

 ling Place and Washington Avenue ; Union Street or McDonald- 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, follow the Parkway to Washington Avenue, 

 then turn right. 



