38 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
courses in which botany figures, each of which is based on 
three exercises a week unle-s otherwise stated, have under- 
gone certain desirable changes,* and they are now offered 
as follows: — 
1-2. Biology: A lecture and laboratory course devoted to the consid- 
eration of life processes as exemplified in the animal and plant kingdoms. 
Two lectures and four hours of laboratory work each week throughout the 
year. Open to all classes. aA 
1-2. Botany: Elementary Morphology and Organography. Labora- 
tory work, with supplementary lectures and quizzes, dealing with the 
form and structure of plants, with special reference to their life pro- 
cesses, including ecological adaptations, and to Systematic Botany. 
3-4. Cytological Technique. Laboratory work in the cultivation and 
examination of bacteria and the methods of histological investigation, 
combined with a study of the principal types of plant anatomy — 
specially adapted to the needs of students intending to study medicine, 
5-6. Plant Physiology, including Ecology. Laboratory work, with 
supplementary lectures. 
7-8. Systematic Botany. Laboratory and field work, with supple- 
mentary lectures, dealing with the comparative structure and the classi- 
fication of plants. 
$-10. Plant Pathology and Applied Mycology. Laboratory work. 
In addition to these electives, special courses are 
arranged for graduate or other advanced students, as need 
is found for them. 
I am pleased to report a still further increase in the 
number of students taking work in the School of Botany, 
the enrollment for the first term of 1905-6 being as fol- 
lows: —** Biology 1,’’ 11; ‘* Botany 1,’’ 13; « Botany 
3,”’ 10; ** Botany 5,’’ 7,—a total of 41 students, of 
whom the eleven first noted give about equal time to botany 
and zoology, and the others are taking one full botanical 
course each. 
At the 1905 Commencement of Washington University 
the degree of Master was conferred on Miss Laura L. 
Eames, Miss Winifred Ashby and Mr. Dean H. Rose, for 
work in botany. There are now enrolled in the University 
* See Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14:24. 15:32. 
