The new York botanical Garden 



The New York Botanical Garden was chartered 

 by the legislature of New York in 1891, and came 



into occupation of its present 

 Founders . . 



site in 1895. Among its found- 

 ers are the names of persons prominent as leaders in the 

 progressive life of the City, such as: Addison Brown, 

 Andrew Carnegie, William G. Choate, W. Bayard Cut- 

 ting, Charles P. Daly, Charles A. Dana, William E. 

 Dodge, Park Godwin, Morris K. Jesup, John S. Ken- 

 nedy, Seth Low, D. O. Mills, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry 

 C. Potter, Percy R. Pyne, William C. Schermerhorn, 

 James A. Scrymser, Samuel Sloan and Cornelius Van- 

 derbilt. 



The Act of Incorporation of the Garden states that it 

 is created "for the purpose of establishing and main- 



„ taining a botanical garden and 



Purposes 



museum and arboretum 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 execution of orna- 

 mental and decorative horticulture and gardening, and 

 for the entertainment, recreation and instruction of the 

 people." These words reveal a two-fold duty on the part 

 of the Garden — a duty to the lay public and a duty to 

 botanical science. Within the limit of its resources it 

 has endeavored faithfully to carry out these purposes. 



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