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was found through the seemingly unHmited 



No detail of development and administration was too small to 

 receive his attention when asked; no ambitious dream of a 

 director was too ambitious to receive his approval, if only a way 

 could be found to bring it to realization. Almost without ex- 

 ception the way 

 generosity of himself and the two, dear to him, who shared his 

 enthusiasms, his pleasure, and his benefactions. 



On one occasion I presented to him a plan for the organization 

 of our scientific and educational work on a scale that meant the 

 development of the Garden, not merely as a local institution, but 

 with reference to the broad needs and opportunities of botanical 



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science throughout the workl. I remember the trepidation with 

 which I mailed the letter, fearing lest the plan might impress him 

 chiefly as an expression of unrestrained enthusiasm. I recall 

 also the satisfaction and sense of securcness with which I read 

 his prompt reply: *' I rejoice in your high ideals." 



The Botanic Garden is one of his many monuments, but he was 

 the last man to wi^h or to take pleasure in a monument. His 

 satisfaction would have been in the fact as it is, that the Botanic 

 Garden is one of his many good works, which, long after he 

 has passed from earth, will continue as a blessing to his city and 



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to mankind. 



To have known him was a rare pleasure ; to have been associ- 

 ated with him in work for the public welfare was a great privi- 

 leg:e; to be able to claim him as a personal friend was an honor 

 of which one may be justly proud. His life was a benediction, 

 his memory is a precious heritage for all time to come. 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Director. 



MEMORY 



A public meeting in memory of Mr. Alfred T. White was held 

 in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, on Sunday, April 3, 1921, 

 at four o'clock, under the auspices of the Alfred T. White 

 Memorial IMeeting Committee of 122 citizens of Brooklyn and 

 other cities. President Frank L. Babbott represented the Brook- 



