New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
THE BOTANICAL GARDEN,
p,ANs FOR THE MAIN BUILDING AND
CONSERVATORIEs.

WHEN THEY ARE APPROVED BY THE PARK
BOARD WORK WILL. PROBABLY BE BEGUN
A TALK WITH DR.. BRITroN.
Plans for the main building and conservatories
a, the New-York Botanical Garden IN Bronx
Park have been filed with the Department oi
puYdings and work or the building will be begun
w soon as the plans are accepted by the Park
poard ON the Southern Boulevard, south OF the
Bedford Park station, is tract OF lahu Vi -'o
acres owned jointly by the city and the corpora
ton of the Botanical Garden. ana this Is 10 oo
used for the building and conservatories Inc "ai
den will be supplied with specimens OF all 'he
hardy outdoor plants of the north temperate Zo'e'
Placed throughout the Garden at Intervals wiz o'
vro,ns ~ all the trees incident TO this cima'e'
These will be scientifically arranged accoruns 70
species genus and family. To enhance 'he mas
,itude and scientific value of the coiiec'ioh oi
n,ants men will be sent TO various ioreign iai'us
10 obtain specimens of rare plants; botamsts Vi
ability will be employed in arranging ana ciass'S
inc thero the home life of the plant Will be cop'eo
ss nearly as possible. and the Museum ana
grounds when completed Will be among 'ne N"e''
and best equipped of the kind in the worio
The building will be constructed OF s'eei "u's
frame finished on the exterior with DITCH anu
,erra-cotta. On the roof there will be DOME anu
tho trimmings will be In copper and biuesloie.
The building will contain many rooms foT specl'i
,.o-Lrooms for botanical demonstration io'
snecial research for lectures. for ooser'H'e III.
life history of algae and fungae. ana lot se'e'"'
uses incident TO the public patronage me sv.- %
eral shane of the floor arrangement will be Ike
the letter f. ., ,,or.
To facilitate an early start in the outdoor plant
,,g ~ the trees the United States BOTANICAL "a'
den of Washington. the best IN the co"H"y "
nresent will send many specimens from i's .o"'
tlon and men to plant them. private .,s
~ his city have subscribed consideraoie sums
the fund now amounts to s2s5c" <,,
Tho plans for the building have been careru''s
prepared by r. W. Gibson: of no Is Wn1niss,oners
are be submitted to the ,ir,e ra' ia eceber Then
,Se work will be hasened and PossiuDy,, c,,aScy p5
a at the head scents Ppnmba Coegs ~ii S
Dr Nathaniel L. Britton. OF coua'ro' aro md man,
and to him M ,se S Garden Rs @ Through his OTts the
s5londid botanical collection OF Soinin,a ss,rn Dr
Eton E oT Said 10 reporter Of & The TTbyhe ybson
day THE plans that were are ned sS1pjv S TO ascer-
al AIN ,ng in ADVANCE If any points OF COW nv
stfucon to which excepti0n oreinni time we have
oTer sRe s 900 subscribed and all indications P0Rt n.
to great future for our % tSs TGfN city " very soon the
nest garden in the world We II saHe ,be s od
Word9to paris Berlin St. PstersSnIgg cdSngv h2n fSe
don and many others,o examine From this
mass Of information we have eVoived s,n 'I buding
for new Ssye OadDs 1ropa s
will be gigantic in size 1t will be over 30 Zee, in
,ene,p and from 10 10 s. feet high. and VIII contain
the fora OF the torrid zone ,.A tee ,ror
Bronx Park is an ideal place; ie;n WIN and ' for
garden Of kind we propose to 6HS We end of
the SnSent,hc world We have labored indussrl-
ously, and at last we viii present 10 the ~0f'' d
On March T. 1894 the act OF Incorporation was
approved and the body corporate was known as
ths Nev-York botanical Garden. The ofncers loT
iss are: President Cornelius Vanderbilt; VIC, VICE
president Andrew Carnegie treasurer j. f'efpo"'
Charles F. Chandler william ,ne G. GnoaEs ESaTes
Dana Wiliam +, Dodge Parke Goodwin, ID. q
Mills Stephen p Nash. Bishop Potter. John y,
Rockefeller and Samuel Sloane are among 'no
members Of the organization.