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ATTENDANCE AT THE GARDEN DwuRING 1926 
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July 
At regular classes........... 1,296] 1,022] 2,216] 13,959] 2,110] 1,788] 3,264 
At visiting classes.......... 169 T2| 1,263] 5,584] 14,702] 2,742 te) 
At lectures to children... .... 160 (0) 420} 2,028) 10,357] 1,254 (a) 
At lectures to ene Se PRS ne 80 oO 9) oO 370 (a) 
At conservatories. ...... ye ee 905 805} 1,819] 4,013] 4,127] 4,039] 2,305 
Total eee at gates .| 12,0906] 20,619] 41,481] 66,229] 74,838] 40,861] 53,757 
Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |Annual Totals 
At regular classes........... 4,080} 1,248] 2,450] 2,275] 2,054 25,771 
At visiting classes........... 20 Oo] 7,209} 4,209] 1,582 37,492 
At lectures to children. ...... Oo} oO] 4,49€}] 3,002] 1,082 22,799 
At lectures to ae seein: 0 te) 250 720 230 1,704 
ne conservatories........... 1,294] 2,937] 1,913} 2,002] I,oI0 27,169 
otal een at gates .| 54,795] 48,361] 54,984| 28,521] 15,498 514,087 
Demand for Study Material 
The requests for plant material of various sorts for enriching 
the work in botany, biology, nature study, and geography in the 
various educational institutions continue to increase. A very 
urgent need is an additional greenhouse where material of this 
sort could be kept and grown. Because of the lack of it, many 
requests must be either refused entirely or else only partly sup- 
plied 
Because of continued poor health, Miss Charlotte Young, 
curatorial assistant, who had had especial charge of this part of 
our work from September, 1923, and under whose care and en- 
thusiasm it had grown remarkably, was forced to resign as of 
April I, and it became necessary for me to carry this work for 
a time without assistance, except for a few hours a week from 
high school pupils. Later, we were most fortunate in securing the 
services of Miss Hester M. Rusk, formerly of the New York 
Botanical Garden. Miss Rusk commenced her new duties on 
September 1 and is splendidly htted both by training and experi- 
ence for the work of this department. 
