24 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
classes, including 45 children, were taught elementary 
botany at the Garden by Miss A. I. Mulford, through the 
same term. During the past autumn, Miss Mulford has 
further conducted two classes, consisting of 23 persons, in 
the study of ferns and of the fruits and seeds of flowering 
plants. 
The appended list of electives now offered by its under- 
graduate department is taken from the forthcoming cata- 
logue of Washington University. 
1. Elementary Morphology and Organography, with 
reference to Oecology and Systematic Botany. 
Lectures and demonstrations by the Professor, as 
a full study through the first term. 
2. Elementary Anatomy and Phanerogamic Botany. La- 
boratory work under the General Instructor, as a 
full study through the second term. 
3. Synoptical study of the Cryptogams. Laboratory 
work under the Instructor in Cryptogamic Botany, 
as a full study through the first term, followed, if 
desired, by :— 
4. A special study of some group of Cryptogams, as a 
full study through the second term. 
5. Methods of Vegetable Histology. Laboratory work 
under the General Instructor, as a full course 
through the first term. 
6. Histology and Morphology of the Higher Plants. 
Laboratory work under the General Instructor, as 
a full study through the second term, accompanied, 
if desired, by :— 
7. A laboratory study of the minute anatomy of the lower 
Cryptogams, under the Instructor in Cryptogamic 
Botany, as a full course for the same term. 
8. Technical Microscopy of Timbers. Laboratory work 
under the Professor, as a half course during the 
first term. 
