TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 35 



although giving the greater part of their time and energy to 

 garden manipulation and the direct study of this art. 



Though the immediate purpose of the course has been to 

 train practical gardeners, and a majority of those who have- 

 completed it are now successful gardeners or florists, several 

 have assumed responsible positions in the care of parks or 

 school grounds, others have gone into government botanico- 

 horticultural work or forestry, two have succeeded to an 

 unusual degree in professional landscape work, and two 

 have become college teachers of horticulture.* 



The past year has seen no change (aside from a slight read- 

 justment of studies) in the work of garden pupils, and no 

 changes have been made in the teaching force. An important 

 change in conditions, in some respects regrettable, has been 

 necessitated, however, by the removal of the building which has 

 heretofore served as a home for the pupils. This building, — 

 erected by Mr. Shaw opposite the entrance to Tower Grove 

 Park, and rented during his Ufe-time for use as a restaurant^ 

 — no longer fitting into the plans of the Garden, and being 

 dilapidated, was removed in the spring of 1908. As it has. 

 not been found expedient to provide another building in which 

 pupils may be lodged, the allowance of money carried by th& 

 scholarships has been increased by the amount formerly spent 

 on the maintenance of the lodge, and the pupils now find 

 lodgings at pleasure in the neighborhood of the Garden. Each 

 scholarship, in addition to free tuition, now carries a money 

 grant of S330.00 for the first year, and $380.00 for each of the 

 remaining three years. Two pupils are expected to have 

 completed the required work by March next, and an announce- 

 ment has been issued, offering the vacated scholarships 

 in accordance with the provisions made by the Board. 



THE GARDEN STAFF. 



If unusual attention be here drawn to the men who have 

 been concerned with the operations of the Garden for the past 

 two decades, warrant is to be found in the express injunction 

 of its founder that the Director shall so employ his energies, 



* See Rept. Mo. Bot. Card. 17 : 21. 



