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It is felt that the above instances of cooperation would be of 
general interest to our officials and members as indicating the 
wide diversity of ways in which a botanic garden may serve the 
public in addition to the regular educational and scientific work. 
It would be quite impractical to record in detail all the innumer- 
able items of cooperation and service to individuals and to public 
and private institutions. In reviewing such work at the end of 
each year one cannot help being impressed with the possibilities 
for public service of such an institution as the Botanic Garden, 
and of what it would mean if the public were to be deprived of 
such services. 
THE Woman's AUXILIARY 
The Auxiliary, as always, has taken charge of the social 
events held at the Garden, including the Spring Inspection 
(see p. 76), Rose Garden Day in June, and Fall Rose Garden 
Day in October. At the annual meeting of the Auxiliary, held 
December 1 at the home of Mrs. Henry J. Davenport, the 
following officers were elected: Mrs. Glentworth R. Butler, 
honorary president; Miss Jessie H. Righter, president; Mrs. 
Walter F. Wells, vice president; Mrs. Earle P. Huff, secretary; 
Miss Dorothy L. Betts, treasurer. 
Winter Party. The winter events of the Auxiliary, beginning 
with the Herb Luncheon on November 16, 1936, have been held 
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. On January 25, 1938, the speaker 
was Mrs. Constance Spry, of London—her first lecture in the 
United States. In the winter of 1938-39 no social event was 
held. On February 16, 1940, the Waldorf-Astoria luncheon was 
followed by a lecture on ‘‘A sense of humus,” by Mrs. Bertha 
Damon, author. For the winter of 1940-41 the meeting took 
the form of cooperation with the general campaign of all De- 
partments of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to 
promote membership and a Borough-wide interest in the work 
of the Institute as a whole (see p. 80) 
MEMBERSHIP 
The total number of members, as of April 8, listed on pages 
170-182, is 991. The Botanic Garden receives only one-third of 
