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in horticulture, arboriculture, etc. He also specifically stated that he con- 

 siders it "an important feature to always keep up the ornamental and flori- 

 culture character of the garden." ("The Missouri Botanical Garden," 

 William Trelease, LL.D. Reprint from the Popular Science Monthly, Janu- 

 ary 1903.) 



The efforts to carry out as many of these objectives as possible has 

 given rise to the executive staff organization of the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden, the principal members of which (1924) were as follows: 



Director. One employee for each of the following: 



Secretary to the director. Exotics. 



Physiologist in charge of graduate laboratory. Aquatics. 



Pathologist. Orchids. 



Curator of herbarium. Herbaceous and nursery. 



Mycologist and librarian. Inside floral display. 



Geneticist. Outside floral display. 



Research assistant. Plant recorder. 



Editor of publications. Construction and farms. 



Floriculturist. Engineer. 



Landscape designer. Assistant engineer. 



Director of school for gardening. Carpenter. 



Painter. 



The purposes of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, as stated in the act 

 of Legislature (May 18, 1897), providing for an agreement between the 

 City of New York and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for the 

 cooperative establishment and maintenance of a botanic garden in Brooklyn, 

 are as follows: "... for the establishing and maintaining ... a botanic garden 

 and arboretum for the collection and culture of plants, flowers, shrubs and 

 trees, the advancement of botanical science and knowledge, and the prose- 

 cution of original researches therein and kindred subjects; for affording 

 instruction in the same, and for the prosecution and exhibition of ornamental 

 and decorative horticulture and gardening and for the entertainment, recre- 

 ation and instruction of the people." 



Both in this act and in the subsequent agreement entered into between 

 the City of New York and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 

 special emphasis was placed upon scientific research and education, although 

 the importance of entertainment and recreation was recognized. In the 

 furtherance of the above aims and purposes there has gradually evolved an 

 executive organization composed largely of scientists and educational spe- 

 cialists together with a staff of business and service employees. The prin- 

 cipal members of the staff are as follows (Report of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden, 1926): 



Director. Curator of plant breeding and economic plants. 



Curator of plants (2). Honorary curator of Japanese gardening and floral art. 



Curator of plant pathology. Curator of elementary instruction. 



