THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



By driveways in Mosholu Parkway from Van Cortlandt 

 Park; from Pelham Bay Park through Pelham Parkway; 

 through the Crotona Parkway and Southern Boulevard 

 from Crotona Park. There are also driveway entrances at 

 200th Street, convenient for those coming from Jerome 

 Avenue; at Newell Avenue at the northern end of the Gar- 

 den for those coming from the north; at Allerton Avenue 

 on the eastern side of the Garden for those coming from 

 the east, and at Woodlawn Road convenient for those com- 

 ing from Yonkers and other points west and northwest of 

 the Garden. 



The Conservatories and Museum Building open at 10 

 a.m., and close at 5 p.m. in summer and at 4:30 p.m. in 

 winter. 



"Come forth into the light of things; 

 Let nature be your teacher." 



Wordsworth. 



The Botanical Garden includes: 



1. The Largest Conservatories on the American conti- 

 nent for the cultivation of plants of tropical regions: one 

 located near the entrance at the elevated railway station, 

 and one near the Allerton Avenue entrance on the eastern 

 side of the Garden. 



2. The largest Botanical Museum in the world, located 

 near the Botanical Garden station of the New York Central 

 Railroad and the Mosholu Parkway entrance. This build- 

 ing includes, besides the Museum Collections, a large Lec- 

 ture Hall in the basement, for public lectures, and, on the 



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