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tor, he shall receive a certificate of proficiency in the theory and practice 
of gardening, signed by the Chairman of the Garden Committee and the 
Director of the Garden.”’ 
Under the above provisions, the following eighth announcement is 
made :-— 
One scholarship will be awarded by the Director of the Garden, prior 
to the first of April next. Vacancies which may subsequently arise will 
be filled annually, after published announcement. 
Applications for this scholarship, to receive consideration, must be in 
the hands of the Director not later than the first day of March. The pre- 
liminary examination will be held on Tuesday, March 9th, at the Botan- 
ical Garden, St. Louis, at 10 a. m. If there is more than one applicant, 
competitive examinations, based on the subjects indicated below, will be 
held at the same place on Friday and Saturday, March 12th and 13th. 
Candidates who live at places remote from St. Louis, and who wish to 
be spared the expense of coming to the city for examination, may send 
with their application the name and address of the principal of the 
nearest high school or of some approved private school, in case he is 
willing to take charge of such examination for them ; but all applications 
of this character must be in the hands of the Director not later than the 
middle of February. If the examiner is approved, papers will be sent to 
him before the date set for the examination, and on the payment of a fee 
of $2.00 to him, the candidate may write on them in his presence on the 
day specified. If competitive examinations are also required, the same 
examiner will receive the papers for them in time to submit them to the 
candidate on the date set for similar examinations in St. Louis, on receipt 
of an additional fee of $3.00 as a partial payment for his time in con- 
ducting the examination. The papers written on such examinations will 
be forwarded by the examiner to the Director of the Garden, who will 
read them in connection with those written in St. Louis, before making 
any awards. 
The successful candidate will be started in his duties asa garden pupil 
on Friday, April 2d, at the Botanical Garden. 
All applicants for scholarship, whether named by the Societies indi- 
cated above or not, are 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. 
Whenever the number of candidates for scholarships exceeds the 
number of scholarships to be awarded, all candidates except those named 
by the Societies indicated, are required to pass a further competitive 
examination, covering 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 prescribed. 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 candi- 
dates when it is necessary to reject some. Hence, the Director will 
always use his discretion as to the importance to be attached to 
