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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



sions (reduced to a scale of 2 percent.) are platted on the 

 same diagram. It is of interest to note that the latter 

 curve shows a decided check in July, corresponding to the 

 usual Garden curve, although the latter this year is very 

 regular until the autumnal drop. The seasonal fluctuation 

 and the great increase in visitors for the past year are also 

 rendered evident to the eye by another diagram (D), rep- 



DIAGKAM D. 



VISITORS ON WEEKDAYS. 



resenting continuously the entire period covered by records. 



A 



(E) shows the number of S 



itors and their percentage of the yearly totals, — the latter, 

 as was to be expected, being smaller in 1904 than ever 

 before. 



Notwithstanding the exceptionally large number of 

 persons who frequented the Garden last year, no unusual 



