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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JAN, 11, 1899. 
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 your rules. As this is the tenth 
report submitted since the organization of the Garden 
under the care of the Board, and therefore marks a con- 
venient period in the history of the institution, it is made to 
include a resumé for this entire term. 
THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Tersely stated, the objects contemplated by the founder 
of the Garden, as indicated in his will,* are, the mainte- 
nance of a garden easily accessible to the public, excepting 
on Sundays and holidays, for the cultivation, propagation 
and study of plants; the exchange of material; the equip- 
ment, maintenance and utilization of a museum, herbarium 
and library; the gathering about the institution of a corps 
of instructors and investigators, with suitable laboratory 
and instrumental equipment; the provision for public lec- 
tures, from time to time; the prosecution of research in 
botany in the broadest sense, including vegetable physiol- 
ogy, the diseases and injuries of plants, and horticulture, 
and other branches of science closely connected with these; 
and the instruction and training of gardeners. 
In appointing a Director for the Garden, with the general 
duty of carrying out the provisions of Mr. Shaw’s will, so 
* Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 1:29. 
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