SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 31 
DIAGRAM B. 
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PRECIPITATION. 
favoring the growth of most bedding plants but also 
greatly increasing the labor necessary to keep the grounds 
free from weeds. For several reasons, therefore, the cost 
of gardening this year has been unusually high. 
VISITORS. 
The total number of visitors for the year reached 
100,830, of whom 12,355 were recorded for the open 
Sunday afternoon in June, and 15,208 for the open 
Sunday afternoon in September, the remaining 73,267 
being week-day visitors. Diagram C shows the distribution 
of the latter by months. The contrasted dotted line, — 
representing the average for the period covered by accu- 
rate records (beginning with midsummer in 1898) with 
exception of the aberrant years 1902* and 1904,f— 
seems to correspond closely with the normal out-door 
* Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14317. 
+ Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16317. 
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