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branches of botany and horticulture, as special reason for developing 

 one or the other may appear. 



9. To make the facilities of the garden useful in botanical and horti- 

 cultural instruction, as they increase and opportunity for such work ap- 

 pears: meantime, in all feasible ways, to attract to the School of Botany 

 students of promise, and to provide for tlieir instruction and the best 

 use of their time as investigators. 



10. To take steps looking to the early appointment of six "garden 

 pupils," — youths with at least an elementary English education who 

 shall be regarded as apprentices in the garden, working under the di- 

 rection of the head gardener and foremen, and shall hold scholarsliips 

 yielding $300.00 per year each, together with free lodging near or in the 

 garden, and free tuition in the School of Botany; and who, after having 

 worked for six or more years (as shall ultimately prove best) in the 

 diflferent departments of the garden, and proved proficient in its practi- 

 cal work, may be admitted to examination for a certificate of proficiency 

 in the theory and practice of gardening. 



11. To have in mind, in appointing associates for the Director, their 

 special aptitude in some one of the branches indicated above so tliat 

 with each appointment the efficiency of the Institution for instruction and 

 original work may be broadened and increased. 



One of the most practical and directly useful of the steps 

 indicated in this policy, is the provision of scholarships for 

 garden-pupils; and for this reason, it has been one of the 

 first to receive attention. Under authority from the Board, 

 the following announcement concerning such scholarships 

 was issued early in December ; and while the step is quite 

 experimental, it is hoped that suitable care in carrying out 

 its provisions may produce good results in the training of 

 thoughtful and well-read gardeners. 



In accordance with the intention of its honored Founder, the Trustees 

 of the Garden propose to provide adequate theoretical and practical in- 

 struction for young men desirous of becoming gardeners. It is not in- 

 tended at present that many persons sliall be trained at the same time 

 nor that the instruction so planned shall duplicate the excellent courses 

 m agriculture now offered by the numerous State Colleges of the country, 

 but that it shall be quite distinct and limited to what is thought to be 

 necessary for training practical gardeners. 



To tins end, the following resolution was adopted by the Trustees, at 

 a meeting held on the 19th of November, 1889 : — 



''Resolved, That there be establislied tlie number of six scholarships 

 for garden pupils of the Missouri Botanical Garden, to be available on 

 and after April 1, 1890, such scholarships to be awarded by the Director 

 of the Garden on the results of competitive examination, except as here- 



