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account of grading operations and walk-making, naturally reduced 
our attendance to near the vanishing point. Moreover, on ac- 
count of lack of sufficient space to arrange our indoor collections 
suitably for labeling and public exhibition, no effort whatever has 
been made to attract visitors to the conservatories. The second 
section of the plant houses, containing the collection of tropical 
economic plants, was not opened to the public until May 23. 
Notwithstanding these facts, a total of 11,180 visitors to the con- 
servatories has been recorded. This is in addition to the total 
attendance of 7,214 at class exercises, making a grand total of 
18,394, or over 1,500 a month. 
Meetings and Receptions—Meetings of outside organizations, 
and receptions held at the Garden during the year included the 
following: 
February 17. Reception to Public School Teachers, inspection 
of building and conservatories, and conference on How the Gar- 
den may be of Greatest Service to Local Schools. 
May 23. Reception to the New York Association of Biology 
Teachers and their friends. Inspection of buildings and planta- 
tions, and conference. 
May 26. Kezhikone Camp Fire Girls, of the Y. W. C. A,, to 
visit the plantations. 
October 22. Meeting of members of the Board of Trustees of 
the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, as guests of the Com- 
mittee on Botanic Garden, to inspect the work done during the 
year, especially in connection with the contracts for grading and 
the construction of new walks. 
December 11. Meeting of the Associated High School Biology 
Clubs of New York City. Program and reception. 
Acknowledgments 
It is a pleasure here to record, with our best thanks, the fol- 
lowing gifts, for which personal acknowledgment has already been 
made: 
February 25. From Dr. H. M. Denslow, 39 herbarium speci- 
mens, mostly orchids. 
ay 29. From Mrs. N. L. Britton, framed illustrations of 
native wild flowers (Stokes fund pictures). 
