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fund for members of the Botanic Garden Staff and other em- 

 ployees has been emphasized in former reports. This need has 

 not yet been met. 



THE YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

 Public Education 



The year 1922 was one of vigorous growth in nearly all direc- 

 tions. In particular the growth of our educational work has 

 been phenomenal. Last year, for example, we reported that 470 

 teachers brought nearly 25,000 pupils to the Garden for instruc- 

 tion ; for 1922 the figures were 1,021 classes and 40,529 pupils. 



In addition to these classes, our own Botanic Garden classes 

 had an attendance of 19,654, and lectures were given to 16,850 

 children. 



The total attendance at classes and lectures was over 77,000 

 children. 



The attendance at lectures to adults was 1,828. 



During the year 176 addresses were given at schools and clubs 

 to a total of 16,978 auditors ; about 40 requests were received 

 which we were obliged to decline. 



Study material has been supplied to 1.842 teachers and used 

 in the instruction of 70,386 pupils. In other words, the teaching 

 of botany, nature study, and geography of that many pupils was 

 enriched by only one of our opportunities offered to schools. 



Loan lectures, including lantern slides and text, were supplied 

 to 42 teachers for the instruction of 5,420 pupils, and packets of 

 seeds for planting school and home gardens were supplied to 

 76,528 pupils. 



The total number of teachers and pupils in the public schools 

 reached by our different educational activities, not counting those 

 who were casual visitors to the conservatories and plantations, 

 was 373,186, tabulated as follows: 



