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the garden interests, and shall not engage in any outside work except with 

 the approval of the board or the executive committee. 



POLICING 



It is quite to be expected that in a botanic garden filled, as it is, with 

 so many interesting and beautiful plants and flowers, unscrupulous visitors 

 will from time to time attempt to help themselves, may try to engage in 

 activities not in harmony with the best interests of the garden or will enter 

 the garden at times when attendants are not present. It is necessary, there- 

 fore, for the governing authority to make certain rules and regulations for 

 the government and guidance of the people in the use of the garden and to 

 make some provision for enforcing these rules and regulations. The follow- 

 ing rules and regulations for the use of the New York Botanical Garden 

 is an excellent example of such rules: 



1. The picking of flowers, leaves, fruits, nuts or the breaking of branches 

 of any plants, either wild or cultivated, the uprooting of plants of any kind, 

 the defacing of trees and the carrying of flowers, fruits or plants into or 

 from the grounds of the garden, are prohibited, except by written permission 

 of the director in chief of the garden. 



2. Leaving or depositing paper, boxes, glass or rubbish of any kind 

 within the grounds of the garden is forbidden. 



3. Dogs are not allowed within the limits of the garden except in 

 leash. 



4. It is forbidden to take fish from within the garden, or to molest in 

 any way squirrels, birds, snakes, frogs, toads, turtles or any other wild 

 animals. 



5. Throwing stones or other missiles, playing ball, football, tennis or 

 other games are prohibited. 



6. It is forbidden to offer for sale food, candy, newspapers, books, 

 tobacco, beverages, flowers or any other objects, without written permis- 

 sion from the director in chief and the commissioner of parks for the Borough 

 of the Bronx. 



7. Boating or rafting on the ponds, lakes and streams is forbidden. 



8. Trucking or the driving of business wagons of any kind is for- 

 bidden on the roads of the garden, except on those designated for such 

 purposes. 



9. It is forbidden to accept or solicit passengers for any cab, carriage 

 or other conveyance, at any point within the grounds of the garden without 

 written permission from the director in chief of the garden and the com- 

 missioner of parks of the Borough of the Bronx. 



10. Visitors are not allowed within the garden after eleven o'clock at 



