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The collections made in the West Indian region by Mr. 
Hitchcock, and to which I have already referred, have 
occupied the greater part of such time as he could spare 
from routine work during the year, and, to afford him 
access to type specimens and certain works not in the 
Garden library, he was allowed to spend the greater part 
of December last at the Herbarium of Harvard University, 
making brief stops also at Columbia College, and the 
Department of Agriculture at Washington. As a result of 
his studies he has prepared a somewhat lengthy paper, 
which is believed to be a useful contribution to the 
botany of the region, and which will be published in 
the fourth Garden volume. The only botanical work 
which I myself have been able to complete during the year 
is a revision of our species of J?umex, which will soon be 
published. 
Since my last report was submitted, two garden pupils 
have resigned their scholarships, — one to enter his father’s 
business as a florist, the other through lack of interest in 
gardening. Only two awards were made in 1891, and the 
plans of one of the new appointees were changed shortly 
after he had received a scholarship, so that virtually only 
one was awarded. The character of the work done by 
pupils has been satisfactory in the main, though it is not 
always easy to convince them of the necessity for a 
thoroughgoing interest in every step taken. In addition 
to the requisite manual work, the second year pupils have 
received theoretical instruction in the studies for that year, 
from Mr. Duffey and Mr. Gurney. In November last a 
third announcement was issued, in which it was stated that 
three scholarships were to be awarded prior to the first of 
April, 1892, one of the number being reserved from com- 
petition, for the use of the St. Louis Florists’ Club. 
Four annual events provided for under the will of Henry 
Shaw, have taken place in the course of the year, viz. : the 
delivery of the second flower sermon, in Christ Church 
Cathedral, by Rev. Montgomery Schuyler; the second 
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