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| acted as one of the judges for the Federated Garden Clubs of 
New York State at the International Flower Show, Grand Central 
Palace, on March 20 and on March 23; Long Island Flower Show 
of Amateur Gardeners, at Pratt Estate Oval, Glen Cove, June 21; 
Brooklyn Flower Show, at the Academy of Music, on October 17 
and on October 20. 
I again conducted the ‘ Garden Guide 
York Sui. In this connection, over 1,040 letters were sent out. 
column of the New 
This work was done, with the permission of the director, outside 
of regular Garden hours with stenographic assistance and other 
expenses paid for by the Sua. 
I served as chairman of the Organization Committee of the pro- 
posed American Rock Garden Society, which held several meetings 
in New York during 1933. 
Respectfully submitted, 
MONTAGUE FREE, 
Horticulturist and Head Gardener. 
REPORT OF TEE CURATOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUC 
LON POR, 1933 
Dr. C. Stuart Gacer, DrrecTor. 
Sir: T submit herewith my report for the year ending December 
51. 1933 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE 
The attendance for the year 1933, as registered at the entrance 
gates, was 1,315,847, as against 1,307,964 for 1932, a gain of about 
8,000. Although this is only a slight increase for the year, it is 
worthy of note that an attendance much exceeding the record oc- 
curred during the months of April, with a total of 205,410, and 
June, with a total of 181,887. The largest attendance ever before 
recorded for April was 146,664 in 1931, and for June, 162,960, 
in 1932. The combined total for April and June of this year was 
309,624, about one quarter (23% per cent.) of that of the whole 
year, and almost equal to thie ae for the entire year of 
1916, when records of this sort first began to be kept, namely 314,- 
