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been written to accompany these slides. Another set on Con- 

 servation has been planned, but no money for the slides is 

 available. A fund is needed for the purchase of these loan slides, 

 which of course when once obtained are an asset of permanent 

 educational value to the city. A small greenhouse is also 

 urgently needed where plants (seedlings, algae, ferns, etc.) used 

 by the schools could be grown. 



Classes and Attendance 



The total attendance for 1924 at all classes and lectures was 

 104,587, a slight increase over last year's figures, 99,259. The 

 registration at the gates, 438,091, shows a healthy increase over 

 1923, which was 408,520. The following table shows the at- 

 tendance and registration in 1924: 



TABLE I 

 Attendance at the Garden during 1924 



At regular classes 



At visiting classes 



At lectures to children 



At lectures to adults 



At conservatories 



Total registration at gates 



At regular classes 



At visiting classes 



At lectures to children 



At lectures to adults 



At conservatories 



Total registration at g.itcs 



732 

 577 

 330 

 20 

 8Q9 

 17,610 



Feb. 



1,216 



390 



230 



o 



1,143 



14.955 



Mar. 



1.525 

 2,021 



1.375 

 12 



2,317 

 26,299 



.•\pr. 



1.923 

 6,704 



2,775 



384 



2.371 



39,700 



Mav 



2,270 

 8,388 

 2,678 

 526 

 3,779 

 73,734 



June 



2.527 

 5.812 

 1,711 

 156 

 2.959 



56,375 



|uU' 



S.SOO 



312 



106 



6 



1,857 



43,579 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Annual 

 Totals 



3,600 



300 



100 



o 



815 



45,520 



2,919 

 300 



125 



89 



2,869 



4S,5Ti 



3.466 

 10,977 



3,411 

 915 



3.058 

 53.906 



2,700 



9.814 



4.970 



66 



1,858 



27,962 



3,298 



4,288 



3,035 

 o 



813 

 15,195 



31,684 

 49,883 

 20,846 

 2,174 

 24.738 

 438.091 



Personal Classwork 



I have conducted a course entitled General Botany, for 

 teachers of nature study, biology and for others interested. In 

 the spring I offered a course for the public on the Trees and 

 Shrubs of Brooklyn and vicinity in which 60 people were enrolled; 

 in the fall 58 people registered for a similar course. 



