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to this community and to the advancement of science and educa- 
tion by and large. 
Attendance 
The total attendance for the year was 1,107,039. On Saturday 
and Sunday, April 18 and 19, approximately 29,000 visitors were 
registered at the entrance turnstiles. ‘This is the largest week-end 
attendance since the Garden was established, and is nearly three 
times the attendance for the entire first year of the Garden. 
Probably at least 25,000 of this number came on Sunday. The 
weather was ideal and thousands of bulbs were in bloom in the 
lawns. At the Richard Young gate there were three lines abreast 
for nearly two hours, reaching from the turnstile to the curb. 
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The attendance on the corresponding dates (April 19 and 20) for 
1930 was more than 20,300. The annual attendance now equals 
nearly one-half the population of Brooklyn. The total attendance 
at all lectures and classes was 123,630. 
ort that an increasingly large number of 
It is a pleasure to re 
pose for which it was estab- 
people visit the Garden for the pur 
lished—to enjoy plants and to learn something of plant. life. 
This is evidenced by the number observed reading and copying 
— 
labels, asking questions of the guards and gardeners about the 
collections and about plants, discussing plants in flower, making 
detailed drawings and color sketches of individual plants and 
flowers, and in some cases studying the collections with a botanical 
More teachers from the high schools are bring- 
manual in hand. 
he 
ing classes for outdoor plant study without depending on t 
services of a Garden docent. 
Vandalisi.—Closely connected with attendance is the problem 
It is specially gratifying to be able to report, as 
red during the 
of vandalism. 
we have before, that vandalism has steadily diminis 
This is due largely to the presence of 
— 
past two or three years. 
euards at the gates, supplemented by guards about the grounds; 
partly also to the fact that, the more beautifully and perfectly the 
Garden becomes developed, the more respect it receives from 
everyone. The condition would be almost ideal for a public garden 
if every entrance had a gate like the Richard Young gate at the 
south Flatbush Avenue entrance. This would practically eliminate 
entering the Garden after the gates are locked at dusk. 
