22 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
There are now received at the library, 1,519 serial publi- 
cations from 1,138 institutions and publishers; 115 are pur- 
chased and 1,404 are in exchange for Garden publications. 
It has become evident that some of the institutions and 
societies, whose publications we receive by exchange, are not 
interested in botany and issue nothing of use to a botanical 
library, although of great value in other fields of science. 
A thorough examination of our series of such publications 
has been made with the result that about 80 publications 
should be discontinued or transferred to other libraries. Ad- 
2 eoageg botanical exchanges will be sought to take their 
place. 
The value of the library is being steadily increased by 
taking advantage of all opportunities to add to and com- 
pee our sets of botanical publications and to secure current 
tanical literature as rapidly as issued. 
ANNUAL BEQUESTS 
The flower sermon, provided for in Mr. Shaw’s will, was 
reached in Christ Church Cathedral by the Rev. Francis L. 
almer, of Stillwater, Minn., on May 18, 1913, and the 
Twenty-fourth Gardeners’ Banquet was held on the evening 
of December 17, 1913, at the University Club. Mr. John 
Noyes, of Boston, gave an illustrated talk on the Boston park 
system. : 
In addition, mention should be made of the prizes offered 
by the Missouri Botanical Garden at the International 
Flower Show, held in New York City, April 5th to 12th, 
at which a prize of $200 was awarded to Adolph Lewisohn, 
Ardsley, N. Y. (Mr. J. Canning, Gardener), for a new 
variety of jewel flower (napatiansy ; and a prize of $100 was 
awarded to John Wannamaker (Mr. John Dodds), Supt., for 
a variegated pandanus. No award of the $200 prize offered 
for a new economic plant was made, as none of the specimens 
submitted were considered as being up to the high standard 
set. 
GARDEN PUPILS 
Mr. Carl Haltenhoff and Mr. Earl Reed have, during the 
year, cored the course prescribed for Garden pupils and 
received the certificate given by the Garden. follow- — 
ing at present hold Garden scholarships: Peter Pfaender, 
Fred Grossart, Carl Giebel, Nestor L. Philippi, and Andrew 
J. Cella. Part of the time of Mr. Ohlweiler, Mr. Thompson __ 
