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for the success of numerous functions wholly or largely in charge 
of that organization. These activities are recorded in the appended 
report of the Field Secretary. A list of the officers and members of 
the Auxiliary begins on page 134. 
MEMBERSHIP 
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The number of members (1005), as of the date of publication 
of this report, represents a slight decrease (26) from 1935. 
It should be kept in mind that some of the memberships, listed 
under the headings of Benefactors, Patrons, and Permanent and 
Life Members, do not represent any income for Botanic Garden 
f living, 
purposes, even though, they enjoy full membership 
privileges in the Garden. Their enrollment resulted from gifts to 
other Departments of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
in some cases made before the Botanic Garden was established or 
even contemplated. In other instances enrollment in Life Mem- 
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bership or one of the higher classes, has been in consideration of 
other than financial gifts, and such memberships do not represent 
annual income, although the gift may have been for Botanic 
Garden purposes. 
hes ntmber -O1 pr esent memberships representing annual in- 
come is only approximately 679 (Annual 591, Sustaining 64, 
18, Donor 1, Patron 3, Benefactor 2). This number, so sma 
for a Borough of 2,600,000 population in a City of some 6,000,000, 
is partly a reflection of the general economic depression. 
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BEQUEST AND GIFTS 
Frothingham Bequest—The untimely death, on November 20, 
1935, of Mr. John W. Frothingham, a trustee and a member of 
the Botanic Garden ea ning Committee, was recorded in our 
preceding Annual Report under date of May 5, 1936. We re- 
ceived a letter from his sister, Miss Elisabeth W. Frothingham, 
which contained the following statement: 
“My brother left with his will a letter asking me to deliver to 
the Botanic Garden the sum of $10,000.09 for which he left me 
vat amount in his will, and a check for which I enclose. Thus 
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the gift is from him, and is to be so designated. . . . I send this 
with my best wishes for the Garden and its important work 
remembering, as I well do, my brother’s deep interest therein.” 
