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enrolled under one of the last two classes by virtue of gifts or 
services rather than by cash payments of the membership fee of 
the given class; such memberships, of course, do not represent 
annual income. Membership is not only a means of securing 
special privileges in addition to those enjoyed by the general 
public; it is also an opportunity to participate in a work of great 
civic and educational importance. 
Girls Commercial High School Memberships.—One of the most 
delightful gifts was received on May 28, through the Department 
of Elementary Instruction from our valued neighbor, the Girls 
Commercial High School, Mrs. Evelyn W. Allan, principal. The 
eift consisted of $50 in cash and checks to cover five annual 
memberships—one in the name of a teacher, Miss M. Catherine 
Devin, and four in the name of the school. This lovely and 
neighborly deed was instigated and carried through by another 
teacher, Miss Ruth Losee. 
BEQUESTS AND GIFTS 
Maddock Bequest—Mr. Sidney Maddock, of Brooklyn, de- 
ceased December 10, 1936, included the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
among the beneficiaries of his will (probated March 3, 1937) with 
a bequest of $10,000. On November 6, 1937, the Treasurer’s 
office received from the administrators a remittance of $5000 on 
account. At the close of the year the estate was still in process of 
being settled. The paragraph in the will relating to the Botanic 
Garden reads as follows: 
“To Brooklyn Botanic Garden the sum of Ten thousand dollars 
($10,000). Said fund to be known as ‘Gift of Sidney Maddock,’ 
to be used to make some needed improvement in the garden of 
said corporation. Said improvement shall be designated and 
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placarded in the manner customary by said corporation. 
Anonymous Gift.— Soon after the decease, early last spring, of a 
valued friend of the Botanic Garden, who wished to remain 
anonymous, and in fulfillment of an expressed wish, the Garden re- 
ceived an addition to its endowment of $250,000. In accordance 
with instructions, $2,500 of the annual income is to be devoted to 
botanical research so long as the present director remains in office. 
Interest on this fund began to accrue to the Garden on May 1, 
1937. 
