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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



States Department of Agriculture and partly in a study of 

 the gas contents of water plants under the direction of 

 Dr. Harris. 



As was 



my 



the library, herbarium and living collections of the Garden 

 are made useful to investigators, whether connected with 

 the institution or not. When they can be used hero, every 

 possible facility for such use is given visiting botanists. If 

 this is not possible, they are sent to trustworthy persons 

 or institutions when their safe return is guaranteed; and, 

 except for specimens or books of special value which could 

 not be replaced in case of loss, or those in constant use, 

 the Garden has always stood ready to place its library and 

 other collections for a reasonable time at the disposal of 

 botanical departments of colleges or of capable investi- 

 gators not having official connection with the centers of 

 learning. 



HENRY 



SCHOOL OF BOTANY. 



With the opening of the current college year, the in- 

 structional force of the School of Botany was increased by 

 the appointment to an instructorship of Mr. A. C. Life. 

 The increase in both beginning and advanced classes noted 



in my last report continues. At the 1904 commencement 

 of Washington University the degree of Doctor of Phi- 

 losophy was conferred on Professor S. M. Coulter, whose 

 major work was in botany and whose thesis was published 

 in the last Garden Report.* There are now enrolled in 

 the University three candidates for the Master's deorce, 

 and two for the Doctor's degree, with botany as a major 

 study. 



* Kept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 15 : 38-71. pi. 1-24. 



