MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 11 
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PLANTS AND SEEDS DISTRIBUTED. 
_. The 1911 exchange seed list contained 1,539 species and 
varieties. From this list 7,150 packets, valued at $715.00, 
have been forwarded to various gardens and institutions, and 
eine received in exchange 5,271 seed packets, valued at 
Surplus plants have, as usual, been disposed of to schools, 
hospitals and various charitable institutions to the number 
of 11,550, valued at $632.00, an increase in such distribution 
of more than 10,000 plants over last year. 
SUNDAY OPENING AND ATTENDANCE. 
The opening of the Garden on Sunday afternoon from 
April to December has been a great success. Under the old 
arrangement, with the Garden open but two Sundays in the 
. year, the crowds were so great that it was necessary to enforce 
certain regulations which prevented visitors from getting the 
full benefit of the various displays and collections. Since the 
first day of May most of these restrictions have been abolished 
and I am happy to say that the crowds have been so well 
behaved that it does not seem probable that the usefulness 
of the Garden as an educational factor in the community 
will have to be unduly curtailed by rules designed for its 
protection. The ability to get to a plant and read its label 
_ is much appreciated by the visitor, and we have been remark- 
ably free from depredations of any kind. The public seems 
to appreciate the freedom given, and to try in every way to 
assist in protecting the Garden. 
The attendance for the first four months of the year 1912 
was considerably below the average for the same months in 
former years; in some cases the number of visitors being one- 
half or less that of immediately preceding years. In spite 
of this handicap the total attendance for the year was greater 
than at any time since the opening of the Garden—with the 
exception of the year of the World’s Fair. A particularly 
gratifying feature of the effect of opening the Garden on 
unday is that the week-day attendance, irrespective of the 
