18 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
as a paying pupil, under the provisions made by the Board 
some years since. 
Four annual events provided for in the will of the 
founder of the Garden, have taken place, as follows: The 
preaching of a sermon on the wisdom and goodness of 
God, as shown in the growth of flowers, fruits and other 
products of the vegetable kingdom; the eleventh banquet 
to the Trustees of the Garden and their invited guests; the 
eleventh banquet to the gardeners of the institution, and 
invited florists, nurserymen and market gardeners, and 
the award of premiums and prizes at a flower show held in 
St. Louis. 
The flower sermon was preached in Christ Church 
Cathedral, St. Louis, on the morning of May 13, by Rt. 
Reverend Alexander C. Garrett, D.D., of Dallas, Texas. 
The Trustees’ banquet was given at the Southern Hotel, 
on the evening of March 31st. Covers were laid for 145 
persons, among whom, in addition to the Trustees of the 
Garden, representative citizens of St. Louis and several 
distinguished investigators in botany and related sciences, 
were the officers and members of the North Central Asso- 
ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools, then meeting 
in the city. 
Mr. Henry Hitchcock, Vice-President of the Board, pre- 
sided, and speeches or addresses, suitable to the occasion, 
were made by Dr. L. O. Howard, Entomologist of the 
United States Department of Agriculture, President Will- 
iam F. Slocum, of Colorado College, President Charles 
F. Thwing, of Western Reserve University, Professor L. 
H. Bailey, of Cornell University, Professor J. B. John- 
son, of the University of Wisconsin, and Rey. Dr. I. S. 
Hopkins, of St. Louis. 
The banquet to gardeners, nurserymen and florists was 
given at the Mercantile Club on the evening of November 
3d. Covers were laid for 110 persons, among whom 
were the gardeners and office staff of the Garden, repre- 
