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ing Committee since April, 1929. Mr. Jenkins’s gifts of two 
stone bridges and one timber bridge over the Brook, ten artificial 
stone garden seats (five on each side of the Esplanade), and the 
fountain in the Conservatory Plaza contributed greatly toward the 
beauty of the Garden, and the bridges and seats met important 
practical needs. The Botanic Garden was ineluded in the resolu- 
tions on Mr. Jenkins’s death adopted by the Board of Trustees. 
In his will the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was made a beneficiary 
mn the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. 
There were no other changes in Botanic Garden personnel im 
GIFTS 
More than 300 gifts have been received during the year. They 
are acknowledged with the thanks of the Botanie Garden Govern- 
ing Committee and the director. Their intrinsic value is enhanced 
by the interest and confidence in our work of which they are evi- 
dence. A full list may be found on pages 119-128. Special at- 
tention is called to the following: 
January 10.) Mr. Edward C. Blum, $150 for the bronze tablets 
affixed to 28 glacial boulders in the Garden. 
February 1. Mr. Joseph Goodman, $135; $100 for an annual 
cup for our children’s work for ten years, and $35 for roses and 
a marker in the Children’s Garden. 
February 1. Miss Frances E. White and Miss Harriet. II. 
White, $500 cach, for the maintenance of the Japanese Garden, 
March 17, The Conard-Pyle Co., West Grove, Pa., 39 roses 
in 1O varieties for the Rose Garden. 
April 15.) Mr. W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., 63 species 
and varieties of cacti. 
May 2. Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. J., 35 moss roses 
in 35 varieties. 
June 16.) Wilham Tricker, Inc., Saddle River, N. J., 19 tender 
water-lilies in 19 species and varieties. 
July 1. Mrs. Margaret Morgan, Shoreham, L. [., $150 for 
salaries in the department of elementary instruction. 
FINANCIAL 
Considering the present economic condition of the entire world, 
jan 
it is gratifying to be able to report that the Botanic Garden closec 
