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conferred upon Dr. Gager. The 
award has not been made 
annually. . 
The previous recipients have been Mr. John C. 
Wister (1930), director, Swarthmore College Arboretum; Prof. 
Liberty Hyde Bailey, editor of the Standard Cyclopedia 
Horticulture (1931); and Mr. J. Horace McFarland, former 
president of the American Rose Society (1939). 
Dr. Gager was the official delegate of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden at the exercises, on September 15-17, in celebration of 
the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of St. John’s 
College, Fordham, Bronx, New York City. 
D, Elizabeth Marcy, Ph.D., research assistant in the Depart- 
ment of Plant Pathology since December 15, 1930, resigned on 
January 31, to accept a position as Instructor in Hunter College, 
New York City. 
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Miss Frances M. Miner, A.B., instructor in the Department 
of Elementary Instruction, was on leave of absence for three 
months (October-December) for the purpose of taking profes- 
sional courses in the School of education, New York University. 
In June she was re-elected President of the Garden Education 
Department of the National Education Association. 
The appointment of Mrs. Margaret Burdick Putz, curatorial 
assistant at the Garden since August 1, 1931, was terminated 
February 15, by illness. Mrs. Putz first came to the Garden as 
Margaret Mann, on May 1, 1914, as assistant in the herbarium, 
remaining until October 31, 1924, when she resigned with the 
title of curatorial assistant. Subsequently she was employed 
temporarily, for eight weeks in 1930 and for three months 
(April to June) in 1931. 
Miss Betty G. Riley was appointed stenographer in the her- 
barium as of November 1, 1941 
Miss Jeanne Phyllis Walther, A.M., was appointed research 
assistant as of February 1, 1941, in place of D. Elizabeth Marcy, 
resigned. 
FINANCIAL 
Gifts and Bequests 
A list of the gifts received during 1941 is recorded on pages 
142-149. These have all been acknowledged with the thanks 
of the Governing Committee and the director. 
