BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN RECORD 
VOL. XV APRIL, 1926 No. 2 
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BROOKLYN 
BOTANIC GARDEN, 1925 
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
To THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN: 
I have the honor to present herewith the fifteenth annual 
report of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, for the year 1925. 
Endowment Plans 
The most important event of the year was the receipt of the 
following letter: 
“May 25, 1925. 
‘Dear Mr. Gager: 
“Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for whom I am writing, has asked me to 
pledge on his behalf toward the endowment funds of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden the sum of $250,000 on condition that an equal sum is obtained in 
cash from other sources before Dec. 31, 1926, both sums to be applied toward 
endowment, unrestricted as to use. 
“While Mr. Rockefeller asks that the money which he thus contributes be 
added to the endowment funds, he realizes the unwisdom of seeking to forecast 
the requirements of the distant future, and is fully conscious of the danger 
attendant upon the establishment of any endowment fund in perpetuity. 
It will, therefore, be entirely agreeable to him to have the whole or any portion 
of the principal of this gift used, at any time after the expiration of twenty- 
five years from date, for any of the corporate purposes of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden, provided that such use is duly authorized by a four-fifths vote of 
its trustees. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) RAyMoND B. Fospick”’ 
Mr. C. Stuart Gager, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 
Brooklyn, New York, 
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