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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Head Gardener Emeritus of the Garden; Professor T. J. 

 Burrill, of the University of IlHnois; Mr. H. C. Irish, Presi- 

 dent-elect of the St. Louis Florists' Club; Professor C. H. 

 Dutcher, of Warrensburg, President of the Missouri Hor- 

 ticultural Society; and Mr. Walter Williams, of Columbia, 

 Missouri. 



No competitive flower show having been held in St. Louis 

 in 1906, the bequest for premiums was not made use of. 



Very respectfully, 



William Trelease, 



Director, 



