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that of 1934. That this remarkable increase was not sustained 
in 1936 is not surprising: we should not overlook, however, the 
important fact that, although the 1936 figure is lower than that of 
1935, it is almost 16 per cent. higher than that of 1934. And if 
we disregard the unusual element in the year 1935, it seems clear 
that an undercurrent of real increase in attendance has been main- 
tained. The following table of attendance on the grounds for the 
past seven years may serve to bring this out more clearly. 
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Percentage of increase 
Year Attendance over previous year 
OS OR Redtmeten ne tasters nce 1,006,027 
DOB se Reta ayer tel aa cis 1,107,039 10.0 
OGD mere eete. Myer eects 2: 1,307,904 18.0 
NOS Sareea ere os 3s 1,315,847 0.6 
1S Ae re hrc vis. 1,352,407 2.7 
IRS): ceateas aa See eee 1,624,865 20.1 
1,567,304 —3 
* Decrease from 1935, but nearly 16 per cent. increase over 1934, 
Week-end Attendance —Although there were no phenomenal 
week-end attendances such as occurred in 1935 (e.g. May 11-12, 
1935: 43,416), there are figures well worth recording. The spring 
flowers made an early start, attracting 22,330 visitors during the 
week-end March 14-15. At this time, Snowdrops, Japanese Witch 
Hazel, Spring Crocuses (Crocus tommasimanus and Stebert) in 
the Rock Garden, and the Winter Aconite were in full bloom; 
while the yellow Dutch (C. moesiacus) and purple and white 
Spring Crocuses (C. vernus) were beginning to open their buds. 
3y the end of March the season was so far advanced that the beau- 
tiful display of these crocuses, naturalized in the lawns in the south- 
west part of the Garden, had largely disappeared. On this week- 
end (March 28-29) the attendance was 33,869. Large week-end 
attendances occurred again in May, with the beginning of the 
blossoming of many flowering trees and shrubs; e.g. May 9-10, 
37,871, May 16-17, 34,019. 
Monthly Attendance.—In 1935 the attendance figures for seven 
particular months exceeded previous records for those months. In 
1936, in only two months, namely March and November, was the 
record broken: for March, 143,971, as against the best previous 
any 
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