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special contributions, and, to a very slight extent, by income 

 from tuition and sales. 



An institution thus supported is under a double obligation; 

 first to the community, second to science. This obligation is 

 recognized by the Garden in its motto, " For the advancement of 

 botany and the service of the city," and the work is organized 

 about these two ideas. 



A botanic garden may serve the city by affording additional 

 park space for suitable recreation, and by ministering to the 

 aesthetic sense of the people; it should be beautiful and invit- 

 ing as well as instructive. But a botanic garden is more than 

 a park, and may render other and more valuable services, es- 

 pecially where there is already ample provision of park space. 



The plantations of the Brooklyn Garden are laid out in 

 eight sections as follows: 



1. Systematic Section. 



a. Hardy herbaceous plants, exclusive of local flora. 



arranged in beds according to their natural affinities. 



b. Shrubs (Fruticetum) . 



c. Trees {Arboretum). 



2. Local Flora Section. 



Herbaceous and woody plants growing without cultiva- 

 tion within a radius of 100 miles of New York City. 



3. Morphological Section. 



a. External Anatomy. 



b. Comparative Morphology. 



4. Ecological Section, 



Illustrating the adjustment of plants to their surroundings. 



5. Evolution Section. 



Illustrating various facts of Variation, Inheritance, Ar- 

 tificial and Natural Selection, Struggle for Existence, 

 Survival of the Fittest, and Plant Breeding. 



6. Economic Section. 



a. Foods and Condiments. 



b. Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. 



c. Fiber Plants. 



