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A third element is surely the increasing heavily of the Garden 

 itself. The famous European botanic gardens teach us that time 

 is a most important sine quo nan in the development of a botanic 

 garden, and each year of time is an added asset to the Garden's 

 potentiality for attractiveness. The magnificent displays of natu- 

 ralized bulbs in the spring— crocuses, daffodils, narcissus, tulips, 

 etc. have drawn increasingly large numbers of visitors each year. 

 Last year, the remarkable record of 169,692 visitors for the month 

 of May is doubtless largely attributable to these colorful displays, 

 ce, by-the-way. is equal to more than one half 

 for all of 1916. the year when an attendance 

 was first kept. 



is visitors from the large apartment houses re- 

 immediate neighborhood of the Garden help to 

 swell the attendance total. 



We do not pretend that these causes account entirely for the re- 

 markable increase. There arc. of course, other factors, ol wind) 

 weather conditions are not the least important. Furthermore, we 

 are, in this day and generation, in the midst of a great nature 

 study movement, which is hard for us of the present to see or 

 realize, because we ourselves are a part of it. We cannot " see 

 the forest for the trees ". 



TABLE II 



This May attenda 

 of the total figure 

 record of this son 



cently built : 







Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr 



May 



— 



July 



At regular classes 



848 





2,198 



1,987 



2,218 



9.500 









3.875 







3.598 











2.875 



























A! ..l.-.-l • .U.-.M.-- 



1.293 



783 



1,408 



4.676 



9.128 



2.414 



2.738 



Total registration at gates.. 



2 8,2I2 



<H*- S 



1X5.336 



,69,692 



X2 9 , 4 80 



93,298 





Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 





At lar cla 





l 



1 



i| 



l 



1,248 





40,145 



\ I.e."!"" V 1 ; 



pr.- 



lii 



Total registra 



ion at gates.. 



86.82X 



96,787 



83.583 



63,168 



40.153) x.o.3.293 



