THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



Special privileges are granted to teachers and classes 

 from local schools; and members of the Garden, in consid- 

 eration of their payment of dues, enjoy certain advantages 

 not extended to others. 



Membership: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- 

 ences is organized in three main departments: 1. The 

 Department of Education; 2. The Museums; 3. The Botanic 

 Garden. Any of the following seven classes of member- 

 ship may be taken out through the Botanic Garden: 1. 

 Annual member, $!0; 2. Sustaining member, $25; 3. Life 

 member, $500; 4. Permanent member, $2,500; 5. Donor, 

 $10,000; 6. Patron, $25,000; 7. Benefactor, $100,000. Sus- 

 taining members are annual members with full privileges 

 in all three departments. Membership in classes 2-7 may 

 be taken out in any department, but carries full privileges 

 in all three departments. 



The Garden is organized in eight departments: Admin- 

 istration, Graduate Study and Research, Public Instruction, 

 Plantations and Conservatories, Laboratories, Library, 

 Herbarium and Publications. 



PLANTATIONS 



"Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose." 



1. Systematic Section, in which hardy herbaceous plants, 

 exclusive of local flora, are arranged in beds according to 

 their natural relationships. This section also includes 

 shrubs (Fruticetum) and trees (Arboretum). 



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