CoN a hy PR PETG RAIS SRR TS RL one hth er RE a yr, ROGET 
34 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
. closing months of the calendar year, and one other person 
was admitted to candidacy, under the rules of the Uni- 
versity, in the autumn. Popular classes were conducted 
at the Garden by Miss Ellen C. Clark, of the Mary Insti- 
tute, during the spring months. No considerable addition 
has been made to the equipment of the School as reported 
two years since,* and the courses of study offered as elec- 
tives in the undergraduate department of the University 
remain essentially as at that time. 
In furtherance of the intention of its founder, the School 
has always devoted as much attention as was practicable 
to the furtherance of investigation, both on the part of 
advanced students and of the instructional force. In the 
Eighth Report f was published a list of scientific publications 
from the School, including a series of nine ‘‘ Contributions 
from the Shaw School of Botany.’’ Since the publication 
of that list, three additional numbers of this series have 
appeared: 10, von Schrenk, Hermann. The Trees of St. 
Louis as Influenced by the Tornado of 1896. 11, von 
Schrenk, Hermann. On the Mode of Dissemination of 
Usnea barbata. 12, Pammel, L. H. The Histology of 
the Caryopsis and Endosperm of some Grasses. 
As was noted in the Eighth Report,t it is a matter for 
congratulation that nearly all of the persons who have 
served as assistants or instructors in the School of Bot- 
any, have assumed responsible botanical positions on 
leaving it. 
Very respectfully, 
Witui4M TRELEASE, 
Director. 
* Rept. 8:47. t+ Rept. 8 ; 229. t Rept. 8: 50. 
