(90) 



the western part of The Bronx on Fordham Road, and on 

 Tremont Avenue, and also with the line to Yonkers. 



5. By trolley car 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. 



6. By trolley car, on the Southern Boulevard to Pelham 

 Avenue. This line connects with lines from the southern 

 and southeastern parts of The Bronx. 



7. By driveways in Mosholu Parkway from Van Cort- 

 landt Park; from Pelham Bay Park through Pelham Park- 

 way; through the Crotona Parkway and Southern Boule- 

 vard from Crotona Park; there are also driveway entrances 

 at 200th Street, convenient for motor-cars coming from 

 Jerome Avenue; at Bronx River Parkway, at the northern 

 end of the Garden, for motor-cars coming from the north; 

 at Allerton Avenue on the eastern side of the Garden for 

 motor-cars coming from the ea'st; and at the Woodlawn 

 Road, convenient for motor-cars coming from Yonkers, 

 and from other points west and northwest of the Garden; 

 there are three driveway entrances from Pelham Avenue. 



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 "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." 



