Its present desire is to expand in these directions and to 

 make itself, as becomes a public institution in the City 

 of New York, a more efficient leader of American insti- 

 tutions in whatever pertains to the life of plants in their 

 scientific aspects, their economic uses by man, and their 

 esthetic value. 



The Garden possesses at present nearly two thousand 

 members, and the membership list is constantly growing. 



„ , The Corporation comprises one 



Personnel 



hundred and three representa- 

 tive citizens. There is an Advisory Council of thirty- 

 eight women. The administration is entrusted to a 

 Board of Managers comprising at present thirty-one 

 members, including ex officio the Mayor of the City, the 

 President of the Department of Parks and the President 

 of the Board of Education; the Scientific Directors; a 

 Director-in-Chief and an Assistant Director. The scien- 

 tific work of the Garden is carried on by the Director-in- 

 Chief, the Assistant Director and fourteen other persons 

 with their assistants. The chief members of this staff 

 are recognized botanists and each has made a specialty 

 of some one field of the science of plants. Upon these 

 individuals rests the important duty of creating and 

 maintaining the Garden's standing as an educational and 

 scientific institution. 



The Garden's funds are derived from two sources: an 

 annual appropriation by the City, and contributions from 



r ^ , individuals providing endow- 



Sources of Funds . 



ment, membership fees and 



special gifts. In the sources of its funds and in certain 

 other respects, it is similar to three other institutions of 

 the City: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, and the New York Zo- 

 ological Society which maintains the Zoological Park and 

 the Aquarium. 



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