not be grown successfully in large variety in this city environment, 

 the Garden will become one of the leading rose centers, and the 

 Rose Garden will become a Mecca for Rosarians. 



In order to make this possible certain needs must be met. Here 

 is a new major feature of annual maintenance, which will involve 

 the preparation and publication of guid< boo! s addressing garden 

 clubs, and answering innumerable inquiries from the public con- 

 cerning all that pertains to roses. 



The garden should have a gardener experienced in the growing 

 of roses. There will be miscellaneous items of up-keep including 

 labor, painting and repair of structures, and the purchase of new 

 roses that may not be secured by gift. 



One Million Visitors 



Ten thousand is probably an exaggerated figure for the number 

 of visitors to the Botanic Garden during 1912, the first entire year 

 when it was open to the public. 1 The attendance figures gradually 

 increased until 1926 when the attendance (recorded and estimated) 

 reached a total of 500,000 plus. The figures recorded at the en- 

 trance turnstiles for 1927 are 1,013,000 plus. The enormous 

 increase is due in part to the fact that our records are now more 

 accurate (showing that w< had pr< v\ >u 1I3 underestimated for gates 

 not equipped with registering turnstiles), that population has con- 

 siderably increased in the immediate neighborhood of the Garden, 

 and in large part to the fact that the Garden becomes each year 

 more interesting and more beautiful. 



Over one million visitors a year mean an average of nearly 

 20,000 a week, or nearly 3,000 a day. But on Sundays and holi- 

 days the attendance is greatly in excess of this average. Thus, the 

 attendance for Sunday, May 1, was marly 17,000; for Memorial 

 Day week-end (Saturday, May 28 to Monday, May 30— three 

 days) the attendance was over 41,000, This creates a serious 

 problem in the way of guards and other provision for the comfort 

 and convenience of the public. 



The Garden is now greatly in need of additional guards and 

 additional seats. The time has come when there should be an 

 attendant at each of the three principal gates. Ultimately there 

 should be one at each gate. 



day, May 13, 191 1. 



