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July 3. From Col. Robert B. Woodward, a check for $1,000, 
to be used where most needed. 
September 10. From Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, her botanical 
library of about 792 books, 508 pamphlets, and 276 parts, et cetera. 
September 16. From Professor W. F. Ganong, living material 
of fifty species of plants and six packages of seed. 
September 28. From the donors of the original endowment 
fund of the Garden, who wish to remain anonymous, checks for 
$1,000 each. 
September 30. From Mrs. J. D. Prince, Flatbush, 27 living 
plants for the conservatories, representing 23 species. 
November 3. From Dr. N. L. Britton, herbarium specimen of 
Aster Hervey. 
November 6. From Mr. George D. Pratt, a collection of 100 
valuable autochrome plates of orchids, made by Professor Shat- 
tuck, of Vassar College. 
November 28. From Dr. Louis I. Dublin, 39 books and 221 
pamphlets on biological subjects. 
ne following gifts are also hereby gratefully acknowledged: 
Dr. D. T. MacDougal, photograph of Vitis quadrangularis; Mrs. 
Charlotte C. Henry, Flushing, L. I., fruits of Ginkgo biloba from 
the Prince homestead, Flushing; the United States Department 
of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, seeds of various spe- 
cies, two living plants of Eremocitrus glauca, and 13 living speci- 
mens of economic plants; Mrs. G. T. Lawrence, Flatbush, one cac- 
tus of the genus Cereus; Miss May Shepperson, two living plants 
of Monarda punctata; Dr. Ralph H. Pomeroy, Brooklyn, one liv- 
ing plant of Persea americana; Mr. James MacPherson, 300 fresh 
seeds of Arum orientale albispathum; Mr. and Mrs. J. Ottis 
Mageworth, Brooklyn, living specimens of several species of 
native wild plants; Miss Agnes Vinton Luther, Newark, N. J., 
living plants of three species; Dr. Harry B. Shaw, Brooklyn, seeds 
of Chrysalidocarpus lutescens; Prof. Charles E. Bessey, Lincoln, 
Neb., seeds of Prunus Besseyi, and photograph of Cereus giganteus 
in blossom; Mr. D. Northrup, Brooklyn, living plants of Trillium 
cernuum, from Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., and Cypripedium 
acaule; Mr. J. H. Mills, canna tubers; Mrs. E. Wollaston, Union- 
ville, Pa., plants of Caltha palustris; Mr. D. Steengrafe, two living 
