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Se i ee a ee, oe Pee ek, 
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JAN. 12, 1898. 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
The following report on the Missouri Botanical Garden 
and the Henry Shaw School of Botany is respectfully sub- 
mitted, in compliance with the rules of the Board. 
THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
During the past year the decorative features of the Gar- 
den have been maintained in about the same manner as 
heretofore, and in certain classes, especially orchids, con- 
siderable additions have been made to the collection of 
cultivated species, which, with their named varieties, are 
now estimated to number about 5,000. 
In the course of the year, 252 consignments of plants 
and seeds were received at the Garden, of which 187 consign- 
ments, aggregating 6,538 plants and packets of seeds, val- 
ued at $1,204.29, were given or sent in exchange for Garden 
material. The Secretary’s books show that the sum of 
$1,486.22 has been expended for the purchase of plants and 
seeds. During the year, 391 packets of seeds and 501 
plants, appraised at $220.00, were distributed to institutions 
or individuals standing in exchange relation with the Garden, 
and some 1,348 potted plants, removed from the ground 
on the approach of winter, were given to charities,— by 
far the larger number going to the kindergartens of the 
Public Schools of the city, through the interest of Miss 
Mary C. McCulloch, the efficient head of that department 
of the City Schools. 
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