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landt Park; from Pelham Bay Park through Pelham Park- 

 way; through the Crotona Parkway and Southern Boulevard 

 from Crotona Park; there are also driveway entrances at 

 200th Street, convenient for carriages coming from Jerome 

 Avenue; at Newell Avenue, at the northern end of the 

 Garden, for carriages coming from the north; at Bleecker 

 Street on the eastern side of the Garden for carriages coming 

 from the east; and at the Woodlawn Road, convenient for 

 carriages coming from Yonkers, and from other points west 

 and northwest of the Garden. 



Purposes 



The New York Botanical Garden was established by an 

 Act of the Legislature of the State of New York passed in 

 1 89 1 and amended in 1894 "for the purpose of establishing 

 and maintaining a Botanical Garden and Museum and Ar- 

 boretum therein, for the collection and culture of plants, 

 flowers, shrubs and trees, the advancement of botanical 

 science and knowledge, and the prosecution of original 

 researches therein and in kindred subjects, for affording 

 instruction in the same, for the prosecution and exhibition 

 of ornamental and decorative horticulture and gardening, 

 and for the entertainment, recreation and instruction of the 

 people." 



General Plan 



The general plan of development includes : 



1. The largest conservatories in America, for the cultiva- 

 tion of plants of tropical regions, one located near the en- 

 trance at the elevated railway station, and a second very 

 large range, partly constructed, near the Bleecker Street 

 entrance on the eastern side of the Garden. 



2. The largest botanical museum in the world, located 

 near the Bronx Park station of the New York Central Rail- 

 road and the Mosholu Parkway entrance. This building 

 includes a large lecture hall for public lectures in the base- 

 ment; and the library, laboratories for instruction and re- 

 search, and the herbarium, on the upper floor. 



