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ist-8th annual bulletin . . . 1896-1903. [St. Louis, 1896-1903.] 8. 



no. 9 is contained in the following: 

 World's fair souvenir . . . 1904. [St. Louis, 1904.] 8. 



Contains engineering guide to St. Louis and local engineering data. 

 Also occasional papers and addresses in pamphlet form. 



Distribution. Bulletins are distributed gratuitously. 



Prizes. Gold medal of the value of $50, or $50 in cash if the prize winner 

 so elects, awarded annually for the best paper read before the club 

 during the year ending with the month of June. Competition restricted 

 to members; the paper must not have been contributed previously, in 

 whole or in part, to any other organization or have appeared in print 

 prior to its publication by the club. 



Missouri Botanical Garden. 



Address. Tower Grove Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Director: William 

 Trelease. 



History. Founded and endowed by Henry Shaw of St. Louis (d. 1889) 

 and placed by his will under the management of a board of trustees, 

 consisting of 15 persons, 5 of whom are ex officio, viz: the Mayor of St. 

 Louis, the Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Missouri, the President 

 of the Academy of science, the President of the Public school board, 

 and the Chancellor of Washington University, of St. Louis. Library 

 of about 20,000 volumes and 25,000 pamphlets. 



Ref.: ist annual report, St. Louis, 1890. The Missouri botanical garden, 

 by W. Trelease. {In Popular science monthly, v. 62, p. 193-221.) 



Publications. 



ist-i7th ANNUAL REPORT. [St. Louis, Mo., 1890] -1906. 8. 



no. i issued without title or imprint. "Contributors, v. i-io" and "In- 

 dexes, v. I to 10 ;" in loth ann. rep., p. 161-211. 



Catalogue of the Sturtevant Prelinnean library of the Missouri botanical 

 garden; in v. 7. (Also issued separately.) Supplementary catalogue; in 

 v. 14. List of serial publications received at the library; in v. 10. Sup- 

 plementary list; in v. 15. 



v. 8, 10, 15 contain lists of books and papers published from the Missouri 

 botanical garden or by its employees, or based chiefly on work done 

 by aid of the facilities of the garden, 1889-1903, including Contributions 

 from the Shaw School of Botany, no. 1-19. (See Washington university, 

 St. Louis. 



Price: $i per vol. 



Distribution. Exchange with cognate institutions. Reprints are presented to 

 specialists. On sale by the Director. European agents: R. Friedlander & 

 Sohn, Berlin, Germany; W. Wesley & Son, London, Eng. 



