8 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
which appear during the summer on ponds and streams, and 
uests too numerous to mention concerning various minor 
technical points involving a use of the facilities of the Gar- 
den have toa complied with. In addition there is a con- 
stantly growing demand of the citizens of St. Louis for infor- 
mation about the care of both indoor and outdoor plants, 
and trees and shrubs. 
ATTENDANCE 
The attendance for the year 1916 totaled 275,910, an 
increase of 35,407 over the previous year. It is hardly to 
be expected that this rate of increase will be maintained, 
although the gain for 1916 is nearly double that of 1915 
and more than six times that of 1914. For the first time, 
since the Garden has been opened to the public on every 
Sunday, the number of visitors on that day exceeds those 
coming on week-days, and in fact the chief gain for the 
year is due to the increased Sunday attendance. Even in 
the years when the Garden was open but two Sundays, an 
average of 25 per cent of the total number of visitors for the 
year came on these two days, and on certain years nearly 
one-half of the yearly visitors came on the open Sundays. 
Consequently, the proportion of Sunday to week-day visitors 
is only just beginning to exceed that of the years when the 
Garden was open on two Sundays only. 
ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR 1916 
Week-days Sundays 
WORGAE a eos Spee coh sok cos ae ec acd 3,272 
bcd? AOE ED ey Se MUNG: Fo oi ek die 3,121 
Witeh 65 ee BART oe ae seas 4,985 
RTE ee) as oo es RA WOG is sees eo ees . 23,508 
ts Ee ee ee er ene LTE 1S PRS Sen ore ee 14,941 
WE os oh a. hi ea hee Che es PETE es er ee 11,300 
MOY secs va) Sov erase oe DEERE eee ee 7,205 
PONG oo eae ea BE peg ea eran Sere 5,595 
BOneewaber «6 i. i i eee ce EF Pane meg sige ght 17,120 
POGUE S555 Bi van Peet ees ua EO DOR re bisa oss von uk ce 13,423 
UPN oso ts cs eres ek Pais cack ces hie ee yew ees 34,582 
Deoenibee i os ee ae MOD Ss aia ieee. 7,738 
129,120 146,790 
129,120 
OPN eS ie es es 275,910 
ANNUAL BEQUESTS 
The flower sermon, provided for in Mr. Shaw’s will, was 
preached in Christ Church Cathedral by the Rev. George C. 
