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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONS, 
FELLOWS AND MEMBERS. 
(Presented and Accepted January, 8, 1900.) 
To tue Boarp oF MANAGERS OF THE NEw YorkK BoTan- 
ICAL GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: 
The number of new annual members who have qualified 
during the past year is 165. 
The total number of annual members is now 715. 
Of these 6 are in arrears for dues for 1899; 7 are in 
arrears for dues for 1898 and 1899; and 2 are in arrears for 
dues for 1897, 1898 and 1899. 
Annual dues have been collected to the amount of $7,200, 
which has been transmitted to the Treasurer as received. 
One person has qualified as Patron by the payment of 
$5,000. ‘Two persons have qualified as Fellows by the pay- 
ment of $1,000 each, and 67 as Life Members by the pay- 
ment of $100 each. These sums have been transmitted to 
the Treasurer for credit to the Endowment Fund. 
A complete list of Patrons, Fellows, Life Members, and 
Annual Members to date is herewith submitted. 
NEw YorK, January 8, 1900. 
PATRONS. 
Hon. Addison Brown, 
Andrew Carnegie, 
Columbia College, 
James M. Constable, 
* Hon. Chas. P. Daly, 
Wm. E. Dodge, 
Geo. J. Gould, 
Helen M. Gould, 
Mrs. Esther Herrman, 
John S. Kennedy, 
D. O. Mills, 
* Deceased. 
J. Pierpont Morgan, 
Oswald Ottendorfer, 
James R. Pitcher, 
John D. Rockefeller, 
William Rockefeller, 
m. C. Schermerhorn, 
Jas. A. Scrymser, 
Samuel Sloan, 
* Cornelius Vanderbilt, 
Mrs. Antoinette Eno Wood. 
