TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



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number of visitors for 1909 is 120,748, of whom 



recorded on the first Sunday afternoon in June and 



Sunday 



The 



relation of these 35,951 Sunday visitors to those of other 

 years, and to the total for this year (29.7%), is indicated in 

 Diagram C. The seasonal distribution of the 84,797 week- 



day \ 

 years 



presented in Diagram D. 

 been exceeded (apart from 



The total 



DIAGRAM D 





WEEK-DAY VISITORS, 1909. 



tion year) only in 1907, when the unusually large number 

 of persons attracted by the chrysanthemums brought the 

 number for the year to 135,497. 



THE HERBARIUM. 



rge purchases of specimens have been made 

 m has been enlarged by the customary cur 



rent collections offered for sale. 



been 



of the lessened purchases to have the unincorporated accumu- 

 lations of recent years mounted; and relatively little un- 

 mounted material now remains. Eight hundred duplicate 



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