96 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



" In order that they may have opportunity to become instructed In the 

 theoretical part of their profession, and in subjects connected therewith, 

 such pupils shall not be required to do manual work in the Garden for 

 more than five hours per day after the first year, devoting the remainder 

 of their time to the study of horticulture, forestry, botany, and ento- 

 mology, under the direction of the Director of the Garden ; and they 

 shall for this purpose be granted free tuition in the School of Botany of 

 "Washington University. They shall also receive practical instruction 

 in surveying and boolt -keeping, so far as a knowledge of these subjects 

 is held to be necessary for a practical gardener charged with the manage- 

 ment of an estate of moderate proportions. 



" At the expiration of six years, the holder of a scholarship, who is 

 recommended as practically proficient, shall be entitled to examination 

 by the Garden Committee, in the subjects prescribed for study, and on 

 passing such examination to the satisfaction of the Committee and Di- 

 rector, he shall receive a certificate of proficiency in the theory and prac- 

 tice of gardening, signed by the Chairman of the Garden Committee and 

 the Director of the Garden. In exceptional cases, candidates may be 

 admitted to examination at the end of the fifth year, when this shall be 

 deemed advisable by the Garden Committee, and on passing such exam- 

 ination satisfactorily, shall be entitled to a statement to that effect from 

 the Director, and to the regular certificate on the subsequent completion 

 of a year's work to the satisfaction of their employers." 



All applicants for scholarships, whether named by the societies Indi- 

 cated above or not, will be examined in the following subjects, so far as 

 they are taught in the upper classes of grammar schools: English 

 grammar, reading, writing, and spelling; arithmetic; and geography. 

 If the number of candidates for scholarships exceeds the number of 

 scholarships to be awarded at any time, all candidates except those 

 named by the societies indicatod, will be required to pass a further com- 

 petitive examination, which will cover history of the United States, 

 English literature, algebra, German, the elements of botany, zoology, 

 and physiology, and such other subjects as may from time to time be pre- 

 scribed. It is not intended to make the passing of examinations in these 

 last-named branches a requirement for the award of scholarships, but 

 merely In this way to obtain a means of selecting the most deserving and 

 able candidates when it is necessary to reject some. Hence, the Director 

 will always use his discretion as to the importance to be attached to 

 greater or less proficiency in any of the subjects covered by competitive 

 examinations, as well as to the other qualifications of candidates ad- 

 mitted to such examinations. 



Under the above provisions, the following announcement is made: — 



Scholarships, not exceeding six in number, will be awarded by the 

 Director of the Garden, prior to the first of April next. In case the en- 

 tire number are not then awarded, the remainder will not be awarded 

 until the corresponding period of the following year, and vacancies 

 which may subsequently arise will be filled annually, after published an- 

 nouncement. 



