FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 19 



Shaw Medal for the introduction of a valuable plant, and 

 to be awarded each year, when practicable, for a new plant 

 of value for cultivation, exhibited in St. Louis, as a part of 

 the premiums or prizes to a flower show or exhibition pro- 

 vided for in the will of the late Henry Shaw ; provided that 

 the judges or other persons making awards at such exhibi- 

 tion shall certify that said medal is awarded for a plant of 

 decided meruit for cultivation, not previously an article of 

 North American commerce , and introduced to such commerce 

 by the exhibitor during the year in which said award is 



made." 



In accordance with a previous understanding, the Flor- 

 ists' Club this year offered this medal for a seedling 

 chrysanthemum, and it was awarded to J. Dorner & Son, 

 of Lafayette, Ind., for the chrysanthemum Major Bon- 

 naffon ; but it is intended that in future the medal may be 

 competed for in any line of decorative horticulture. 



In March last, the vacancy among the garden pupils 

 mentioned in my fourth report * was filled in accordance 

 with an announcement issued in November preceding. 

 One of the pupils appointed in 1890 will have completed 

 his course in April next, and an announcement has been 

 issued, stating that the vacancy so arising will be filled 

 then, in accordance with rules of the Board. 



As in previous years, a number of botanists have visited 

 the Garden and made use of its facilities for investigation, 

 and various courtesies have been extended by the Garden 

 to other similar institutions and received from such institu- 

 tions, to the officers of which my thanks are tendered. 



THE SCHOOL OF BOTANY 



Until the end of the last college year, Mr. Jared G. 

 Smith acted as assistant and University Instructor in the 

 School of Botany, resigning that position in June to be- 



* Report for 1892, page 17. 



