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plants in certain parts of the grounds, under the guidance 
and instruction of four members of the Garden staff. 
Docentry 
My personal attention was given to at least 10,000 
persons during the year; while Mr. Wilson recorded about 
1,500, Mr. Williams about 100, and Mr. Becker 800. 
The total probably reached 15,000. A few groups of 
visitors are mentioned below. 
Members of the New Rochelle Garden Club visited the 
Garden on the afternoon of August 11 and were accom- 
panied on their tour of inspection by Dr. and Mrs. Britton, 
Dr. Howe, and other members of the Staff. The dahlia 
border was first inspected, and Dr. Howe gave a brief 
talk on the selection and cultivation of dahlias, which was 
followed by questions and discussion. Then the tender 
and hardy water-lilies in the tanks at conservatory 
range I were examined and admired; after which the 
party visited the display borders of cannas, gladioli, and 
phlox, and the new rose garden. Mrs. Richards, the 
president, called a meeting of the club at the Mansion at 
4 P. M., at which twenty members were present, most of 
whom remained to see the experiments of plant-breeding 
being conducted near the propagating houses by Dr. Stout. 
About seventy students of the Columbia Summer 
School visited the Garden on the afternoon of August 8, 
under the leadership of Mr. L. W. Crawford, Jr., and were 
escorted through the grounds and buildings by Drs. 
Murrill, Howe, Barnhart, and Pennell, of the Garden staff. 
The Garden was visited August 27 by some four hundred 
members and guests of the American Pharmaceutical 
Association, then in conventionin New York. The visitors, 
divided into groups, were guided through the museum 
building by members of the Garden staff, after which they 
inspected the main conservatory range and drove through 
the grounds. The time was too brief for more than a 
cursory view of the collections, especially those in the 
