22 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
sity of Missouri, who officiated as toastmaster. Short and 
appropriate speeches were made by Jonathan Periam, for 
many years editor of the Prairie Farmer; L. A. Goodman, 
Secretary of the Missouri Horticultural Society; D. I. 
Bushnell, ex-President of the American Seed Trade Asso- 
ciation; H. C. Irish, Horticultural Assistant at the Garden ; 
Dr. A. A. Kleinschmidt, President of the Cactus Asso- 
ciation of St. Louis, and J. G. Smith, in charge of the 
recently established grass garden of the United States 
Department of Argiculture. 
The awarding of flower premiums for 1895 was again 
intrusted to the Florists’ Club of St. Louis,«for the benefit 
of a chrysanthemum exhibition held in the Exposition 
building, St. Louis, in November. In general, premiums 
were offered and awards made for plants and flowers of the 
general character of those in competition in previous 
years. Although one consignment of a considerable num- 
ber of species was entered for the Shaw Medal,* the judges 
again declined to make an award of this medal, on the 
ground that so far as the plants themselves showed, 
there was no evidence of superior decorative or economic 
importance for the United States that would justify 
the award, —a decision that I hope will encourage the 
introducers of plants of unquestionable merit to exhibit 
them in competition for this medal. . 
Under the authority given by the Board in 1894, to 
admit a limited number of garden pupils in addition to 
those holding scholarships,t one such pupil was received 
in the spring, and in accordance with the announcement 
issued in the preceding autumn, the one disposable scholar- 
ship was awarded in March, to Walter Nehrling, of Wis- 
consin, on the result of competitive examinations. Mr. J. 
P. Pillsbury, who relinquished his scholarship last winter, 
having completed the requisite work subsequently, was 
* Fifth Report, 18; Sixth Report, 20. 
t Sixth Report, 21. 
