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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PUBLIC 

 INSTRUCTION FOR 1929 



Dr. C. Stuart Ga(;]':r, Director. 



Sir: I take pleasure in suhniitliii^' herewith my report for the 

 year ending- Deceml)er 31, 1929. 



Garden Attendance 



Kcgistralion ul liitlraiicc (iaics. There has l)een a sHght in- 

 crease in total registration at the entrance gates for the year, the 

 final figure heing 1,127475, as against 1,101,653 last year (see 

 Tahle I). The attendance for March, 101,434, was by far the 

 largest ever recorded for that moiuh, the l)est previous record 

 being in 1927 — 63,185. This was owning in part to favorable 

 weather, but was undoubtedly largely tlue to the display of spring 

 crocuses — yellow, ])urp]e, and white — in the lawns in the south- 

 west i)art of the (iarden, the first ones, the yellow variety, ap- 

 pearing on March 1 3. Through our news releases and from posters 

 placed in the subway trains the glad tidings were spread abroad. 

 Thousands of visitors came to enjoy this first floral display of 

 the season ushered in l)y these modest yet colorful little flowers. 

 Over the week-end, including Satm-day and Sunday, March 23 

 and 24, the attendauce was 15,500, and at the next week-end 

 14,596. This is an interesting contrast with conditions in earlier 

 years. In March, 1920, for instance, the total attendance for 

 the entire month was 19,757. ^^e attendance during the months 

 of April, May, and June was slightly smaller than last year, but 

 during July, August, and Se])tember somewhat larger — just why, 

 it is hard to explain. Possiljly weather conditions were an im- 

 portant factor. ■' ' 



Adult Students 



A figure that does not ap])ear in the table is the total number of 

 adult students attending classes at the (larden. This was larger 

 last year than ever before. The figures for recent years arc as 

 follows : 



^'ear 1925 424 



" 1926 437 



" T927 435 



1928 490 



1929 512 



