JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XVI : May, 1915 No. 185 
GRANT, BY ty CITY, OF THE ae = ADDITIONAL 
AND IN BRONX PA 
I. 
November 9, 1914. 
To THE BoarD of ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT 
Gentlemen: The Board of Managersof the New York Botanical 
Garden hereby request, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 473 
of the Laws of the State of New York for 1914, that your Honor- 
able Board will set aside and appropriate, for the extension and 
development of the work and objects of the New York Botanical 
New York Botanical Garden in Bronx Park and the northern side 
of Pelham Avenue, upon such conditions as your Honorable Board 
may deem expedient. 
Since the appropriation by the Commissioners of Parks of the 
eee site of the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx Park, 
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the institution has rapidly attained international importance. 
Through the expenditure of funds derived both from the city 
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