SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JAN. 9, 1895. 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
The following report on the Missouri Botanical Garden 
and the Henry Shaw School of Botany is respectfully sub- 
mitted, in compliance with the rules of the Board :— 
THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
During the past year the number of visitors to the Gar- 
den is reported by the gate-keeper to have been somewhat 
greater than in 1893, and the Head Gardener, who has 
been familiar with the Garden for many years, estimates 
that about one-third more persons now visit the grounds 
than was the case a few years ago, — an increase partly 
due to the increased facilities which now exist for reaching 
the Garden, and, perhaps, in part to the attractions which 
have been added during the last few years. On the open 
Sunday afternoon in June, 20,159 visitors were noted, and 
on the open Sunday in September, which was showery, 
about 15,500. As in previous years, the visitors on these 
Sundays were orderly and apparently well disposed. Dur- 
ing the year, visitors have purchased 256 copies of the 
little handbook of the Garden offered for sale at the gate. 
In the second paragraph of the first clause of his will,* 
the founder of the Garden directs that the Garden shall 
be kept open during such hours, and under such regula- 
tions as the Trustees shall prescribe, ‘‘ every day except 
Sundays, for the use of the public at large.’’ In the 
thirty-fourth paragraph of the fourth clause of the same 
instrument,t he adds: ‘‘ In the first clause, and second 
* First Garden Report, p. 32. 
tlic. p. 51. 
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