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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONS, 
FELLOWS, AND MEMBERS FOR THE 
YEAR 1917 
To THE Boarp oF ManaGERs oF THE New York Botani- 
CAL GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: The number of new members who have 
qualified is 67. The number of annual members is now 
899; life members 142; sustaining members 12; fellowship 
members 2. 
Of these 34 are now in arrears for dues for 1917, 9 for 
dues for 1916 and 1917, 4 for dues for 1915, 1916 and 1917. 
Dues have been collected to the amount of $9,140. One 
person has qualified as a fellow for life by the payment of 
g1000. These sums have been transmitted to the treasurer. 
A complete list of all classes of members to date is here- 
with submitted. 
BENEFACTORS 
*Hon. Addison Brown, Murry Guggenheim, 
Andrew Carnegie, *D. O. Mills, 
Columbia University, 
*Hon. Chas. P. Daly, 
Daniel Guggenheim, 
*J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr. 
John D. Rockefeller, 
*Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
PaTRONS 
Oakes Ames, 
*Miss Catherine A. Bliss, 
Dr. N. L. Britton, 
*Hon. Addison Brown, 
Andrew Carnegie, 
*Mrs. George Whitfield Collord, 
*James M. Constable, 
*William E. Dodge, 
James B. Ford, 
George J. Gould, 
Edward S. Harkness, 
*Mrs. Esther Herrman, 
Archer M. Huntington, 
*Henry Iden, 
* Deceased. 
Mrs. John Innes Kane, 
*John Stewart Kennedy, 
*J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr., 
*Oswald Ottendorfer, 
*Lowell M. Palmer, 
William Rockefeller, 
*William R. Sands, 
*William C. Schermerhorn, 
James A. Scrymser, 
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, 
Samuel Sloan, 
Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, 
W. K. Vanderbilt, 
Mrs. Antoinette Eno Wood, 
