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to record my most appreciative thanks for the aid rendered 

 by Captain Robert McCulloch, of the United Railways 

 Company, who kindly installed and maintained electric 

 lights in the tent during the time that the chrysanthemums 

 ' were on view, which again enabled me to open the tent to 

 visitors in the evening. This season, the weather proved 

 perfect during the time that the chrysanthemums were 

 exhibited, and visitors for the fortnight numbered 33,521, 

 of whom 8,601, or over one-fourth, came in the evening. 



Plant and seed accessions for the year, aside from Garden 

 propagations and collections, number 274, comprising 12,655 

 plants or packets of seeds. Of these, 6,859, representing 230 

 of the accession entries, and valued at $605.35, were pre- 

 sented or received in exchange for similar material or for 

 Garden publications, and 5,796, representing 44 entries, were 

 purchased, the Secretary's books showing an expenditure 

 of $501.12 for such purchases, including transportation and 

 other charges. The collections by Garden employees, ex- 

 clusive of seeds for exchange purposes, number 1,726 plants, 

 valued at $123.86, and 51 packages of seeds, valued at $3.50. 

 Garden propagations amounted to 47,225 plants, valued at 

 $3,305.75, in addition to 7,665 seedhngs, valued at $383.25. 



The exchange list issued by the Garden last winter included 

 1,519 species or varieties; and 5,686 packets of seeds, valued 

 at $284.30, selected from this list, have been issued to corre- 

 spondents. Living plants to the number of 4,612 (of which 

 4,000 were bulbils of henequen), valued at $145.55, have 

 also been distributed to correspondents. In addition to 

 these exchange distributions, 747 duplicate plants from the 

 Garden collections have been presented to schools and 

 colleges for educational use, and 1,300 bedding plants re- 

 moved from the grounds at the approach of winter, or re- 

 maining after the beds had been planted in the spring, were 

 placed in the kindergartens and playgrounds of the city 

 schools. The surplus of chrysanthemum plants which were 

 still usable when removed from the tent, together with many 

 cut flowers, were distributed to hospitals and similar charities. 

 The total number of plants so distributed through the year 

 amounts to 642. 



