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The largest Sunday attendance was 88,005 on June 4th, and the 
smallest 423. The former figures show a decrease of about 3,000 
from those recorded last year. 
The detailed monthly returns are given below. 
ary ese wes 55,328 
February #8 131,674 
March 158,075 
April . 288,239 
ay 468,014 
June 687,302 
July 737,946 
Magia LS ev 590,859 
September... us vs 373,294 
October sed ae ssw 173,250 
November... at --- 63,658 
December... ae eg Sg Li 
3,704,606 
Additions to Gardens, 1911.— Additions to the collections of plants 
eultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have been made 
during the year by exchanges with other gardens, private as well as 
public, and by purchase from nurserymen and others. Contributions 
of plants and seeds received from Botanic Gardens and other 
institutions include the following :— 
iti uiana. Plants brought over for the Rubber Exhibition. 
Calcutta. Tubers of Arisaema ; cullections of seeds from the 
Himalayas. 
Darjeeling. Orchids. 
Dunedin. Collections of plants and seeds. 
nited States Department of Agriculture. Plants and seeds. 
Exchanges were made with the hoeante Gardens of Edinburgh, 
Glasnevin, Cambridge and Oxford, and with most of the European 
gardens upon whom Kew is largely dependent for seeds of those 
annual herbaceous plants which fail to produce seeds at Kew. 
r. W. Fox gave plants and seeds collected by him in the 
Amazon region. Mr. J. Gossweiler sent seeds from Angola. 
Dr. M. Grabham, Madeira, presented a quantity of Orchis foliosa. 
Dr. Schonland, the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, presented 
Euphorbias. Lady Hanbury, Ventimiglia, sent succulents, and a 
collection of seeds. Mr. J. C. Harvey, Mexico, presented plants 
and seeds. Dr. Kerr, Siam, gave plants and seeds. The Imperial 
Institute presented stems of Castilloa lactiflua. Lord Li Ching- 
fong (late Chinese Minister in London) sent Nelumbiums 
from China. Mr. C.J. Lucas, Warnham Court, sent Sobralias, 
Epidendrums, and other plants. Miss M. H. Mason, Cape 
