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Scholarships. 6 scholarships for garden pupils for periods not exceeding 

 4 years, awarded as vacancies occur, on competitive examinations open 

 to young men between the ages of 14 and 20. Amount: for ist year, 

 $200 ; for 2d year, $250 ; for each following year, $300. Lodgings are 

 also furnished. Two are reserved for candidates to be named by the 

 State Horticultural Society of Missouri, and the Florists' Club of St. 

 Louis. Announcements of vacancies, dates of examinations, conditions 

 and requirements, issued in pamphlet form. 



St. Louis Railway Club. 



Address. Missouri Pacific Building, St. Louis. Secretary : E. A. Chenery. 

 History. Organized in May, 1896. 



Object. Promotion of knowledge among its members by the discussion of prob- 

 lems connected with railroad management. 



Meetings. Monthly, 2d Friday, Sept.- May. 



Membership. 622 active and 419 associate (entrance fee, $2 ; annual dues, $2) ; 12 

 honorary. 



Publications. 



OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS . . . v. I-X, May i896-Apr. 1906. St. Louis, 

 [1897-1906]. 8. m. 



Price: $i per annum; single numbers, I5c. 



Washington University. 



Address. St. Louis, Mo. Chancellor: Winfield S. Chaplin. 



History. Incorporated Feb. 22, 1853, as Eliot Seminary, with an even- 

 ing school called O'Fallon Polytechnic Institute; name changed to 

 Washington Institute in 1854; chartered as Washington University in 

 1857. St. Louis Medical College, founded in 1842, was admitted as a 

 department of the university in 1891 and Missouri Dental College in 

 1892. In 1899 Missouri Medical College (founded in 1840) was united 

 with St. Louis Medical College to form the Medical Department of 

 Washington University. Henry Shaw School of Botany, established 

 in 1885, is closely connected with Missouri Botanical Garden. 



Publications. 



QUARTERLY BULLETIN of the Medical department . . . v. I-V. St. 

 Louis, 1902-07. 8. 



v. i (4) has title Medical bulletin . . . 

 Contributions from the Shaw school of botany, no. 1-19. 1887-1901. 



Reprints from various journals. See list in isth annual report of Mis- 

 souri botanical garden. 



