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which have a daily registration of 2,500 Boy Scouts with their 

 leaders. In this particular field Mr. Stoll reached about 3,500 

 boys. 



In February and March classes of Girl Scouts received instruc- 

 tion in nature study at the Garden from Miss Shaw and Miss 

 Hammond. 



Classes and Attendance 



The United States Veterans' Bureau continues to avail itself of 

 the opportunities afforded by our course for the training of gar- 

 deners. During the year five new men— veterans of the World 

 War— have entered. The major part of the instruction, including 

 the practical work, is given most efficiently by Mr. Free, the Horti- 

 culturist of the Garden. He has been assisted bv Dr. White, Dr. 

 Gundersen, Mr. Stoll, and by myself. 



The total attendance this year at all our classes and lectures was 

 78,86 t, an increase of nearly 25 per cent, over that of last year, 

 which itself showed an increase of 15 per cent, over the year pre- 

 ceding. This is in continuation of the normal, steady increase in 

 the attendance since this work was inaugurated ten years ago next 

 October. The increase is also partly due, I believe, to the wider 

 publicity given to the Garden during the year. It is becoming 

 known to an increasingly wider circle of people each year. 



TABLE I 

 Attendance at the Garden during 1922 



At regular classes. ........ 



At visiting classes 



At lectures to children. . . . 



At lectures to adults 



At conservatories 



Total registration at gates. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



1,171 

 8l6 



352 







1.070 



Mar. 



Apr. May June 



1,580 



1 20 



120! 







1,659' 



1,511 



7" 



355 



150 



2,119 



1.523 



4-351 



3.421 

 804 



3.717 



1,652 



7.413 

 2.234 



274; 

 2,608 



July 



1.302 



4.796 



2,094 







1,202 



15.148 17.503 27,816, 37,095 53,920, 34,977 



2,407 



780 



260 



25 



1. 851 



44.568 



Aug. 



At regular classes | 2,763 



At visiting classes 



At lectures to children 



At lectures to adults 



At conservatories j 1,57c 



Total registration at gates ; 44,190! 38,711 39,3*27 



Sept. i Oct. 



Nov. Dec. 



Annual 

 Totals 



1.335 i,5 T 3' r.499 1.398 19,654 



920 8,391: 10,537 1,694 40,529 



520 3,103,' 4,003 388, 16,850 



425! o 150 1,678 



1.909 2,948 2.782 1,011 24,455 



28,831 15,400 397-492 



