REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 21 
INSTRUCTION IN GARDENING, 
The requirement that instruction in gardening and hor- 
ticulture should receive attention at the Garden, in addition 
to the provision of a lodging house for pupils, led to the 
entire renovation of the fruit orchard some years ago, at a 
cost of $444.44, and two small vegetable houses have been 
built for further experimental and educational use. The 
annual expenditure on the gardening course averages 
$930.34, | 
The Director reports that of the 39 pupils thus far 
enrolled, of whom 15 completed the course, ten are now 
successful florists or gardeners, two have become land- 
scape architects, three hold responsible park positions, two 
are college horticulturists with teaching as well as practi- 
cal duties, one is a surveyor, one is a government plant 
experimenter, and one is a forester in the Philippine 
Service. 
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INSTRUCTION IN BOTANY. 
Mr. Shaw’s provision for a close connection between the 
School of Botany, which he had endowed in Washington 
University, and the Garden has been of great assistance to 
the undergraduate department of the University, and 
through the Garden opportunities for work have been 
offered to graduate students of whom five have received 
the Master’s degree and six the degree of Doctor of Phi- 
losophy with botany as a major study. The Board expect 
to see a large increase in this utilization of the Garden 
facilities commensurate with the very gratifying growth of 
Washington University. Indirectly the Garden has been 
of much use to the young men who have served as assist- 
ants in its office, library or herbarium, or as teachers in 
the school of botany, for with very few exceptions they 
have gone to college, government or other positions of high 
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