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a total of thirty students, of whom the ten first noted give 

 about equal time to botany and zoology, the others taking one 

 full botanical course each. Though not so large as two years 

 ago, this enrollment is slightly larger than that of last year. 

 At the 1907 Commencement of Washington University, the 

 degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Miss Anna E. 

 Tensfeld, for work in botany. It may be proper to note that 

 at this anniversary Commencement, the honorary degree 

 of Doctor of Laws was conferred on the Director of the 

 Garden, who has also been the responsible head of the School 

 of Botany since its establishment in 1885.* There are now 

 registered at the University one candidate for the Master^s 

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

 major study. 



GARDEN PUPILS. 



In March, Mr. Shelby C. Jones and Mr. George D. Schulte^ 



who had completed the course and passed an examination 

 satisfactory to the Garden Committee, were given the cus- 

 tomary certificate. On the results of competitive examination, 

 duly announced, the scholarships which had been held by 

 Mr. Federer, whose resignation was reported a year since;, 

 and Mr. Jones, were awarded to Mr. Arthur H. Smith, of 

 Marshalltown, Iowa, and Mr. Raymond B. Wilcox, of Water- 

 loo, Wis., and, on nomination of the Missouri Horticultural 

 Society, the remaining scholarship was granted to Mr. Jesse 

 B. Tuggle, of Parkville, Mo. In August, Mr. Paul Roper, 

 who had held a scholarship on the nomination of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club since October 1, 1904, relinquished it, 

 to return to his home, and on nomination of the same Club 

 the scholarship was re-awarded to Mr. Edwin Nyden, of 



Kenosha, Wis. 

 No change has been made during the year in the teaching 



staff or the prescribed course of study; but in October the 



Board recorded its appreciation of the unsolicited action of 



the Corporation of Washington University in opening its 



courses in entomology, without payment of tuition, to 



* Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 1 : 59. 



