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their November meeting expressed their appreciation of 

 its value and of the spirit in which it was tendered, and 

 voted that on its actual receipt at the Garden it should be 

 arranged, together with other works published prior to the 

 time of Linnaeus, in a separate alcove, the whole to be 

 known as the E. Lewis Sturtevant library of pre-Linnaean 

 botany. Whenever this alcove shall be opened, a catalogue 

 of its contents will be published, in order that students of 

 botany may know where a collection of books of this 

 character can be consulted. 



Horticultural work was carried on efficiently by Mr. J. 

 C. Duffey, up to the time of his death on the third of 

 December, and I cannot speak in terms of too warm appre- 

 ciation of his interest in the development of his department 

 and the success of the course of study for garden pupils, in 

 whose instruction he took an important part. Mr. Duffey 

 also had maintained very pleasant relations for the Garden 

 with the St. Louis Florists' Club and the State Horticultural 

 Society. At the time of his death he had in hand several 

 pieces of work on fungi and insects, some of which it may 

 be found practicable to complete in the future. 



Mr. A. S. Hitchcock, for two years my principal assist- 

 ant in botanv, severed his connection with the Garden about 

 the beginning of the year, to accept a professorship in the 

 Kansas Agricultural College. His work was continued 

 temporarily through the winter months by Mr. T. A. 

 Williams, of the South Dakota Agricultural College, and 

 the vacancy was filled in March by the appointment of Mr. 

 F. W. Dewart. 



In the early part of the year, Dr. E. Lewis Sturtevant 

 donated to the Garden his extensive and valuable collection 

 of specimens, manuscript and illustrations, largely in color, 

 of the genus Capsicum, on condition that the genus should 

 be studied with reference to an ultimate monograph of the 

 wild and cultivated forms. On accepting this generous gift, 

 I at once procured seeds of all obtainable varieties, and 

 about 125 named sorts were cultivated by Mr. Duffey, and 



