FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 15 
as cultivated now being 11,551. The yearly increase in 
the variety of plants cultivated is shown by the appended 
diagram (C). An estimate, only, was made prior to 1898, 
since which records have been kept. 
The policy of giving surplus plants to hospitals, schools, 
etc., has been continued, and 2,020 plants were distributed 
in this manner in 1902. In addition to this, 392 plants, 
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SPECIES AND VARIETIES CULTIVATED. 
cuttings, or packets of seeds, valued at $64.95, were sent 
to correspondents of the Garden. In exchange for this 
material and the publications of the Garden, or as gifts, 
11,613 plants or packets of seeds, valued at $867.07, were 
received. The employees of the establishment propagated 
13,286 plants, valued at $930.02, and collected 311 plants 
or packets of seeds, valued at $36.31; and 7,737 plants or 
packets of seeds were bought, the expenditure for these, as 
shown by the Secretary’s books, amounting to $1,327.66. 
The number of visitors in 1902 was 21,052 greater 
than in the highest previous year (1901) for which records 
have been kept, reaching a total of 112,314, of which 
number 20,550 were recorded for the open Sunday after- 
