THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



station. (The elevated train stops only when the conductor 

 is notified in advance.) The new subway lines will have 

 stations at the Eastern Parkway entrance and at Malbone 

 Street. 



A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct 

 them through the Garden. This service is free to members 

 of the Botanic Garden and to teachers with classes; to 

 others a nominal charge of twenty-five cents an hour for 

 parties of fewer than three, and ten cents a person an hour 

 for parties of three or more. 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is supported in part by 

 municipal appropriations and in part by private funds, in- 

 cluding income from endowment, membership dues and 

 special contributions. Its articulation with the City is 

 through the Department of Parks. The City owns the land 

 devoted to Garden purposes, builds, lights and heats the 

 buildings and keeps them in repair and includes in its 

 annual tax budget an appropriation for maintenance. A 

 portion of the cost of the present buildings was met from 

 private funds. 



By the terms of a written agreement, dated August 17, 

 1914, between the City of New York and the Brooklyn 

 Institute, touching the Botanic Garden, all plants must be 

 purchased by private funds. In addition to this, it is the 

 practice of the Garden to purchase all books for the Li- 

 brary, all specimens for the Herbarium, all lantern slides, 

 and other necessities, and to pay certain salaries, with pri- 

 vate funds. 



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