MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 11 
I believe, to the attractive display of flowers provided in the 
north wing of the new conservatory.’ In March, 1913, there 
were over 15,000 people at the Garden, while the previous 
year there were only 1,114. This extraordinary increase is 
artially due to the fact that on the last two Sundays in 
the Garden was open to the public, but the primary 
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factor involved is, I think, the provision of something that 
the people wish to see, rather than merely making it possible 
for them to get into the Garden the additional Sunday after- 
noons. It is manifestly unfair to compare the attendance 
for the same months during a series of years, since the 
weather has a very pronounced effect upon the number of 
visitors at any specific time. While the long, hot summer 
of 1913 undoubtedly affected the attendance at the Garden, 
taking the year as a whole, things average up and the prob- 
_ abilities are that any loss of attendance during the summer 
was offset by favorable months in the spring and fall. It 
