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lectures has increased from about 200 in 1910-11 to over 53^-^*^ 

 in 1920. With the completion 'of the first section of our build- 



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ing, in September, 1913, this attendance advanced in one year 

 from 455 to over 10,900; and with the completion of the entire 

 building in April, 191 7, the figures jumped in one year from 

 29,000 (1916) to over 49400 (1917). 



(Z?) School Classes. — The attendance of pupils 

 classes from the public and private schools for class instruction 

 and lectures has increased from 544 in 1913 to nearly 23,000 in 



Seventy-eight per cent, of the elementary schools of. 



commg m 



1920. 



Brooklyn, and 100 per cent, of the high schools, are now using 

 the Garden, as against only about 5 per cent, of all schools when 

 the work w^as started in 1913. In addition we are ^Iso serving 

 schools in Manhattan and Queens, and occasionally those in Rich- 

 mond (Staten Island) and Bronx boroughs. 



TABLE I 



Numerical Comparisons showing the Growth of the Brooklyn Botanic 



Garden During Its First Ten Years 



The first entry is in the coliDun indicating the year zvhen the activity began. 



I, General attendance . 



■ 2.- Attendance at lectures and Garden 



classes 



3. Attendance of school classes 



4. Percentage of all schools served . . . 



5. Penny packets of seeds distributed. 



6. Library (books and pamphlets) . .'. 



7. Herbarium specimens (1912) 



8. Genera under cultivation 



9. Number of monthly payroll 



10. Municipal maintenance . . ' 



11. Private funds income 



12. Endowment funds 



lOIO 



■ 

 191T 



1913 





10,000 





200 



728 



1.739 

 . 250 



544 

 5% 



I 



5 





^1.314 



i5i4. 550 





}S50,ooo 







1914 



25,000 



1920 



312,000 



.S3. 200 

 23.000 



82% 

 128,500 * 



ir,778 

 157,000 



1,500 



41 



368.478 



534.163 



S95.525 



(c) Collections, — There were less than 800 books and pam- 

 phlets in the hbrary in 191 1, and only 8 current periodicals were 

 received; for 1920 the figures are 11,278 books and pamphlets 

 and 453 serials. In 1912 there were less than 2,000 specimens in 

 the herbarium; in 1920, over 157,000. About 3,700 species of 

 plants, representing 1,500 genera, and over 900 horticultural 



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