GENERAL INFORMATION 



Some of the leading features of The New York Botanical Garden 

 are: 



Four hundred acres of beautifully diversified land in the northern part 

 of the City of New York, through which flows the Bronx River. A native 

 hemlock forest is one of the features of the tract. 



Plantations of thousands of native and introduced trees, shrubs, and 

 flowering plants. 



Gardens, including a beautiful rose garden, a rock garden of rock-loving 

 plants, and fern and herbaceous gardens. 



Greenhouses, containing thousands of interesting plants from America 

 and foreign countries. 



Flower shows throughout the year — in the spring, summer, and autumn 

 displays of narcissi, daffodils, tulips, lilacs, irises, peonies, roses, lilies, 

 water-lilies, gladioli, dahlias, and chrysanthemums; in the winter displays 

 of greenhouse-blooming plants. 



A museum, containing exhibits of fossil plants, existing plant families, 

 local plants occurring within one hundred miles of the City of New York, 

 and the economic uses of plants. 



An herbarium, comprising more than one million specimens of Amer- 

 ican and foreign species. 



Exploration in different parts of the United States, the West Indies, 

 Central and South America, for the study and collection of the character- 

 istic flora. 



Scientific research in laboratories and in the field into the diversified 

 problems of plant life. 



A library of botanical literature, comprising more than 41,000 books 

 and numerous pamphlets. 



Public lectures on a great variety of botanical topics, continuing 

 throughout the year. 



Publications on botanical subjects, partly of technical, scientific and 

 partly of popular, interest. 



The education of school children and the public through the above 

 features and the giving of free information on botanical, horticultural, and 

 forestal subjects. 



The Garden is dependent upon an annual appropriation by the 

 City of New York, private benefactions and membership fees. It 

 possesses now nearly two thousand members, and applications for 

 membership are always welcome. The classes of membership are: 



Benefactor single contribution $25,000 



Patron single contribution 5,000 



Fellow for Life single contribution 1,000 



Member for Life single contribution 250 



Fellowship Member annual fee 100 



Sustaining Member annual fee 25 



Annual Member annual fee 10 



Contributions to the Garden may be deducted from taxable incomes. 



The following is an approved form of bequest: 

 / hereby bequeath to The New York Botanical Garden incorporated under 



the Laws of New York, Chapter 285 of 1891, the sum of 



Conditional bequests may be made with income payable to donor 

 or any designated beneficiary during his or her lifetime. 

 All requests for further information should be sent to 

 The New York Botanical Garden 

 bronx park, new york, n. y. 



