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TION FOR 1931 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTOR 
Sir: I submit herewith my report for the year ending December 
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Attendance at the Garden 
As shown by the year-end totals at the turnstiles of the five 
entrance gates, the attendance at the Garden during 1931 was 
1,107,039, as against 1,006,027 in 1930. The attendance in the 
months of January, 48,601, April, 146,664, and November, 76,799, 
was the largest for those months in the history of the Garden. 
The largest previous attendance for January—48,309 in 1928— 
was very close to the figure of 1931. The largest previous figure 
for April was 115,336 in 1927, and for November 67,842, in 1928. 
In April, the unusually attractive displays of naturalized crocuses, 
daffodils, and narcissus, covering acres of the Garden lawns, are 
probably the principal reason for the large attendance of this 
month; and the unusually mild weather in November must have 
been partly accountable for the increase during that period. In 
connection with the April attendance it is of interest to note that 
the largest week-end attendance ever recorded occurred on April 
18 and 19. On these dates more than 28,000 people came to 
enjoy the brilliant displays of 25,000 yellow daffodils dancing on 
the lawns, the handsome pink magnolias in the magnolia triangle, 
the various kinds of forsythias forming almost solid masses of 
yellow here and there about the Garden, as well as the great variety 
of other early-flowering shrubs and herbs. The figures at the 
turnstiles totalled 28,662, the highest previous record being 20,356, 
on the corresponding week-end last year, April 19 and 20. On 
the preceding week-end this year, namely April 11 and 12, the 
attendance was 19,884. It is very clear that a visit to the Botanic 
Garden to see the spring flowers is becoming more and more an 
“institution” among residents of Greater New York. 
The combined attendance at the Garden classes and lectures was 
123,630, or about the same as that of last year—135,388. 
