(332) 
of a botanical garden would much increase its burdens, as 
was well known to all, I have not the least doubt that the 
college was not expected to maintain it, except as it might 
see fit to do so for the purpose of sale or exchange; and that 
the provision as to duplicates was inserted on account of this 
expected disposal of the plants. 
The required removal to the garden grounds within twelve 
years, was not compatible with the permanent maintenance 
of a botanical garden; for there were but 1934 acres in all, 
and the college buildings, with suitable approaches, roads, 
yards, anda esd ae would require so much of this space as 
notto lea t for a botanical garden worthy of the name. 
Thus all the provisions of the act of 1814, as well as the 
circumstances of the parties, so clearly negative any duty to 
perpetuate a botanical garden, that it is difficult to imagine 
how that idea gained currency. 
The journals of the legislature do not show why /and, 
instead of money, was given to Columbia. Dr. Vermilea 
states that Rev. Dr. Mason, Columbia’s provost, who was 
representing her at Albany, ‘‘ was zzduced to accept the 
garden and leave to Union the lotteries.” * 
The land-grant (§ 6) seems to have been an amendment by 
the senate and accepted as such by the assembly,+ although 
possibly it was only the senate’s amendment of § 6 that was 
returned for acceptance. The lotteries for Union College 
authorized in 1805, were not drawn until 1814, and fell 
$4,000 short of the authorized $80,000, t and Union needed 
much more money for her buildings, which the lottery of 
1814 was intended to provide. In 1805, when the former 
lotteries for Union were authorized, and again in 1806, 
Columbia had presented to the legislature urgent memorials for 
relief, essentially the same as her memorial in 1814, but 
obtained nothing; § and the same result might reasonably 
* Wilson’s Memorial Hist. of New York, 3: 584. 1893. 
t Assembly Journal, 1814: 475. 
{ Van Sanford’s Life of Dr. Mott, sede Laws, 1805, Ch. 6 
@ Trustees’ Min. Columbia Col. 2: 240, 252; Assembly a ur., 1806: 131, 
132; ‘‘ Assembly Papers—Colleges”’ (Albany), pp. 75-I13. Post, p. 367. 
