THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



The New York Botanical Garden occupies 250 acres in the northern 

 part of Bronx Park. 



Means of Access. — By the Harlem Division of the New York 

 Central and Hudson River Railroad to Botanical Garden Station. 



By the Third Avenue Elevated Railway system to the terminal sta- 

 tion of that road at Bronx Park. 



By the Subway, Lenox Avenue and West Farms branch, with 

 transfer at 149th Street and Third Avenue to Elevated Railway, thence 

 to Bronx Park Station. 



By trolley car leaving 3rd Avenue and 128th Street and running on 

 Webster Avenue to 200th Street or the Woodlawn Road. This line 

 connects with lines from the western part of the Bronx at Kingsbridge 

 Road, and at 138th Street, 149th Street. 161st Street, 167th Street, Tre- 

 mont Avenue, and also with the line to Yonkers, and West Mt. Vernon, 

 by changing at Bedford Park. 



By trolley line on the White Plains Road east of Bronx Park from 

 West Farms, Williamsbridge, and Mt. Vernon, connecting with lines 

 from the eastern part of the Bronx at West Farms and at Mt. Vernon. 



By driveways in Mosholu Parkway from Van Cortlandt Park ; 

 from Pelham Bay Park through Pelham Parkway ; through the Cro- 

 tona 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 1891 

 and amended in 1894 and in 1914, "for the purpose of establishing and 

 maintaining a Botanical Garden and 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 exhibition of ornamental 

 and decorative horticulture and gardening, and for the entertainment, 

 recreation and instruction of the people." 



Control and Maintenance. — The Garden is controlled by a Board 

 of Managers elected from the Corporation established by its Charter, 

 together with a body of Scientific Directors, and representatives of the 

 City Government. This Board of Managers has control, except for 



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