JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XVI July, 1915 No. 187 
PERMANENT FUNDS AND ENDOWMENT 
Several inquiries having recently been made relative to endow- 
ment and permanent funds of the New York Botanical Garden, 
at this date the following account is given, by authority of the 
devoted. The greatly increased area — Ga a made this 
year, the twentieth anniversary of t of land, 
by the City’s action of appropriating eile 60 acres more of 
Bronx Park for Garden purposes, the total area being now nearly 
400 acres, makes much greater endowment very desirable. 
1. General Endowment Fund, $304,760. 
This consists of the subscriptions made in 1894 and 1895 to 
Cc 
and Fellowship fees. The income is used for general purposes, 
including purchase of collections, library and museum equipment 
and supplies, lectures, publications, and to supplement City 
appropriations for maintenance. is desired that this fund 
be increased to $1,000,000 or more. Money for the support of 
expert officers engaged in original investigations and in directing 
{Journal for June (16: 103-122) was issued July 5, 1915] 
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