controlled experiment station which might be subject to 



political influences and changes. They require modern 



laboratories, adequate provision of suitable apparatus 



and broadly trained, original men of science. Thus 



equipped the Garden could afford assurance that gifts 



to it for research would be used with a maximum of 



effectiveness. 



The realization of the requirements for adequate 



maintenance, needed improvements and desired advance, 



. , „ . would place the New York Bo- 



Financial Needs 



tanical Garden in a position of 



leadership in this country, if not in other countries, in 



matters that deal with plants in their various scientific, 



esthetic and economic relations to man. The Garden 



would then stand conspicuous among the best of the 



public institutions of the City. To enable it to assume 



this rightful position, its funds must be largely increased 



and chiefly by private beneficence. The actual amount 



of money required would be approximately $7,000,000, 



in the form partly of monies to be directly expended, and 



partly of increased endowment. The more urgent needs 



demand the sum of $4,000,000, of which $800,000 should 



be expended for material improvements and equipment, 



and the remainder be added to the endowment. The 



Board of Managers is making an effort to obtain this 



needed $4,000,000, and confidently looks to the people of 



New York to contribute it. 



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