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further competitive examination, which will cover history of the 
United States, English literature, algebra, German, the elements of 
botany, zoology, and physiology, and such other subjects as may from 
time to time be prescribed. It is not intended to make the passing of 
examinations in these last named branches a requirement for the award 
of scholarships, but merely in this way to obtain a means of selecting 
the most deserving and able candidates when it is necessary to reject 
some. Hence, the Director will always use his discretion as to the im- 
portance to be attached to greater or less proficiency in any of the sub- 
jects covered by competitive examinations, as well as to the other quali- 
fications of candidates admitted to such examinations. 
Under the above provisions, the following announcement is made: — 
Two scholarships will be awarded by the Director of the Garden, prior 
to the first of April next. In case both are not then awarded, the re- 
mainder will not be awarded until the corresponding period of the fol- 
lowing year, and vacancies which may subsequently arise will be filled 
annually, after published announcement. 
Applications for scholarships, to receive consideration, must be in the 
hands of the Director not later than the first day of March. The pre- 
liminary examination for all candidates will be held on Tuesday, March 
3d, at the Shaw School of Botany, 1724 Washington avenue, St. Louis, 
between 10 a.m.and5p.m. If the number of applicants exceeds two, 
competitive examinations, based on the subjects indicated above, will 
be held at the same place on Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th. 
Candidates who live at places remote from St. Louis, and who wish to 
be spared the expense of coming to the city for examination, may send 
with their application the name and address of the principal of the 
nearest high school or of some approved private school, in case he is 
willing to take charge of such examination for them; but all applications 
of this character must be in the hands of the Director not later than 
the middle of February. If the examiner is approved, papers will be sent 
to him before the date set for the examination, and on the payment of a 
fee of $2.00 to him, the candidate may write on them in his presence. If 
competitive examinations are also required, the same examiner will re- 
ceive the papers for them in time to submit them to the candidate on the 
date set for similar examinations in St, Louis, on receipt of an additional 
fee of $3.00as a partial payment for his time in conducting the examina- 
tion. The papers written on such examinations will be forwarded by 
the examiner to the Director, who will read them in connection with 
thuse written in St. Louis, before making any awards. 
Successful candidates will be started in their duties as garden pupils 
on Tuesday, March 81st, at the Botanical Garden. They will be lodged 
in comfortable rooms in a spacious dwelling adjoining the Garden, under 
the charge of the Head Gardener or some other competent person. It 
is not the intention of the Trustees to furnish table board, but good 
board can be obtained in the lodging house or elsewhere at the usual 
cost. The lodging house includes a reading-room supplied with the 
