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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 33 
THE SCHOOL OF BOTANY. 
Some years before his death, in furtherance of his wish 
that botanical instruction and research should be pursued 
in St. Louis, Mr. Shaw endowed, as a department of 
Washington University, what is known as the Henry Shaw 
School of Botany, deeding to the University, for the support 
of this department, a piece of improved real estate in the 
business part of St. Louis.* In his will, made public after 
a his death, Mr. Shaw refers to the purposes for which this ok 
: gift was made (this portion of his will having been drafted, 
evidently, before the transfer was effected ), and bequeaths 
to the University the endowment property already indi- 
cated, providing, further, that, in case of the depreciation of 
the property to an extent reducing the net revenue below a 
certain sum, the deficit shall be made up from the endow- 
ment funds of the Garden.f 
At various points in his will, the founder of the Garden 
and School of Botany refers to the School of Botany, and 
indicates his intention that its relations with the Botanical 
Garden shall be very close, in such manner as to secure 
the co-operation of the two establishments, provision being 
made, even, for the increase in the means and appliances 
of instruction from time to time, when this may be expe- 
dient in the judgment of his Trustees.} 
In each of the annual Reports of the Garden has been 
incorporated a statement concerning the School of Botany, 
that in the First Report § being a quinquennial report of 
progress. 
During 1898, the regular instructional force of the 
School of Botany remained as announced in my last re- 
port.|| In addition to the courses given to undergraduates, 
resident work was provided at the Garden for one candi- 
date for the Doctor’s degree, during the early and the 
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* Rept. 1: 56. t Rept. 1:3 37. || Rept. 9319. 
¢ Rept. 1:36. § Rept. 1: 84. 
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