SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



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The distribution of exchange material has consisted in 

 450 packets of seeds, valued at $22.50, and 2,269 plants, 

 valued at $214.60; and 727 surplus plants were presented 

 to the schools of the city. 



The past season has been one of the coolest and most 

 uniform in temperature ever recorded for St. Louis, as 

 may be seen from the accompanying diagram (A), which 

 is compiled from the monthly sheets issued by the local 

 Weather Bureau. The average daily temperature for the 

 entire year has been 1.8° F. below the normal. Rainfall 



DIAGRAM A. 



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MEAN TEMPERATURES. 



was abnormally high in March, but fell much below the 

 average in February, May and the last three months of the 

 year, and the precipitation has been 3.3 inches less than 

 the yearly average. Its distribution is shown in the accom- 



panying 



(B) 



from the same source. 



On the whole, the season has been favorable for garden- 



ing* 



though some 



of the tropical plants have made 

 less than their customary growth and serious havoc was 

 wrought by two severe hailstorms, while the autumnal 

 drought has necessitated unusual care of trees ^nd shrubs 

 planted in the fall. 



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