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registered by the turnstiles for the month of May—a record at- 
tendance for any month, the highest previous figure being 169,486 
in May, 1931. The May, 1932 figure is nearly one half the whole 
attendance for the year 1924, namely, 435,091. 
The week-end attendance of May 14 and 15, as registered by 
the turnstiles at the five entrances, was 38,804, far surpassing 
the number at any previous week-end in the history of the Garden. 
The largest previous figure was 28,662 on Saturday and Sunday, 
April 18 and 19, 1931. The attendance for whole months during 
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y years of the Garden rarely exceeded the figure for May 
I4 and 15. As recently as 1920 only one month of the year, 
namely July, with 53,323, recorded a higher figure. On Memorial 
Day (Monday) and the preceding Saturday and Sunday (May 
28-30) the registered attendance was 45,871. The Garden, as 
usual, was not opened until noon of Memorial Day. 
Attendance always falls off in the summer because many are out 
of the city. The schools are closed and teachers are not bringing 
classes, many adults are away for the season, and many who remain 
either go to the beaches or spend their week ends out of the city. 
However, on Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17, there were 
more than 12,000 visitors, for the weather was favorable and 
the Garden was approaching the height of its mid-summer beauty. 
News Releases —TVhe curator of public instruction reports that 
more than 1560 clippings of news items concerning the Garden or 
mentioning it have been received during the year from a clipping 
agency. There have been numerous other items in magazines and 
professional journals not surveyed by clipping agencies. While 
part of these notices were based on our own news releases, sent 
by the department of public instruction (see p. 73) and by the 
Brooklyn Publicity Bureau, partly through Associated Press, 
many of them were spontaneous on the part of the newspapers, 
including, during 1932, a larger number of editorials than hitherto. 
This is evidence of wider public interest in plant life and also evi- 
dence that the Botanic Garden's activities are responding to this 
interest and meeting public needs in a constantly increasing degree. 
Broadcasting.—In connection with Cooperative Extension Work 
in Agriculture and Tlome Economies of the State Agricultural 
Experiment Station of New Jersey, Mr. Free has given nine 
