42 



wholesome educational effect In* eiii])liasizing to the i)ii|)ils the 

 importance of reco<^nizing some civic responsiliility and ohligation 

 on their i)art in return for the advantages they enjoy as pupils 

 in our 1 ree schools. 



Contributions and Gifts 



"File largest gift of the year was the arcln'tectural eiuhcllishment 

 of the Horticultural Section h\- JMrs. Dean C. ()sl)orne, I'^.xecu- 

 trix, reported in detail on pages 18-22. 



A list of 265 gifts and of contrihutions of funds hegins on page 

 116. These have all been acknowdedged with the thanks of the 

 Botanic Garden (Governing Committee of the dh-ustees. 



The director is often asked how much is contributed each year 

 to the sui)])ort of the Garden In- private citizens. Items are listed 

 on ])age 44 showing cash contributions dmdng l')o8 in excess of 

 »$54,000. iUit if a cash value were assigned to the gifts of living 

 ])lants, books, scientific s])ecimens. association items, e(|ui]Mnent, 

 su])j)lies, and services received each year the annual total, in terms 

 ot dollai's, \\-ould be considerablv increased, ddie gitt o1 a rare 

 ])lant f)r book mav enrich our collections far in excess of anv 

 financial \-alue that might be assigned to it ; the number of con- 

 tributors is also im])ortant, as well as the value of the gifts. 



Financial 



TJic Taxing of Knowledge and liditcalion 



The two motive forces of educational inslitutions are ideals and 

 financial su])iiort. Neither is trub' effective withoul llu^ other. 

 That such institutions have made some ])rogress during the i)ast 

 nine x'cars is due in large meastu'e to the ])idling force ot ideals, 

 for during this ]:»eriod of cconoiuic stress and social and ])olitical 

 upset, funds that would normallv have been contributed to their 

 support have either not Ijeen earned or have been largely re(|uired 

 to meet the mounting Inuxlen of taxation. It is a i)leasing fiction 

 that churches and educational and eleemos\-narv institutions arc 

 not taxed, for when contributions to annual maintenance are re- 

 duced In' twent\'-five per cent or more, as is the case with the 

 Brooklyn Piotanic Garden since 1929, owing in large part to 



