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There is every evidence that more school classes visited the 

 Garden in 1938 than in previous years, but the registered attend- 

 ance has been less because man}- of these classes have been brought 

 by "WPA guides, and no plan had been worked out in advance, 

 nor during the year, for securing the attendance figures of these 

 classes. 



Attknoance at the Garden During 1938 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July 



At regular classes . . . 



634 



1,179 



3,710 



3,311 



2,419 



2,923 



4,180 



At visiting classes. . . 



450 



430 



2,171 



5,760 



14,882 



3,740 



46 



At lectures to 

















children 



180 



180 



1,295 



3,069 



5,612 



1,366 



23 



At lectures to adults. 412 25 120 166 576 55 



At conservatories... 10, 150 5,929 12,502 30,572 23,384 10,324 9,931 

 At grounds 65,659 64,831 135,088 331,095 240,781 184,869 162,589 



Annual 



Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Totals 



At regular classes 4,200 2,669 1,875 3,011 2,551 32,662 



At visiting classes 102 239 5,759 4,016 2,037 39,632 



At lectures to children 16 66 2,854 2,137 1,037 17,835 



At lectures to adults 86 450 15 6,000 7,905 



At conservatories 8,802 9,169 10,176 6,566 7,510 145,015 



At grounds 159,043 138,651 64,016 112,589 66,908 1,726,119 



Adult Courses 



N'ezv Coitrscs Offered in 1938. — " Planning and Planting the 

 Small Place " was the title of a cotu'se of five lectures on Wed- 

 nesdays at 11, Jan. 12 to Feb. 9, conducted by Mr. Montague 

 Free. Miss Helen Swift Jones, member of the American Society 

 of Pandscape Architects, was the guest speaker. Dr. Gundersen 

 gave a course of 3 lecttu'cs in March on the general subject of 

 the interdependence of plants and animals in evolution. About 

 70 people elected the course. I conducted a new course entitled 

 '■ Walks and Talks in the Botanic Garden," consisting of trips 

 about the Garden to see its plan and the various special gardens 

 when the latter were at their most attractive phase. An advanced 

 course in " Spring Garden Work," consisting of six demonstration- 



