MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 145 
three years instead of four or six. Half of the time is given 
to practical manual work and half to class work. The 
remuneration is uniform—$350 per annum—for all those 
holding scholarships. All scholarships are awarded by the 
Director of the Garden under certain conditions which give 
fair and equal advantages to all candidates. Besides being 
open to the holders of the six scholarships provided, the 
course is open to others who may desire to pursue the work 
in full or in part. In addition to strengthening and aug- 
menting the courses, the standard for admission has likewise 
been raised. The candidate must now be a graduate of a 
regular high school of recognized standing, or its equivalent, 
and the minimum age for entrance is sixteen years. 
A considerable increase has also been made in the corps 
of instruction. In the past the work has been given by two 
or three or possibly four instructors—one man usually giv- 
ing the major portion. Now this work is assigned to nine 
men, as follows, the numbers following the names indicating 
the number of courses given by each member of the corps 
of instruction: Dr. Moore, 1; Dr. Burt, 1; Dr. Schramm, 1; 
Mr. Thompson, 2; Mr. Ohiweiler, 7; Mr. Noyes, 8; Mr. Erd- 
man, 5; Mr. Svetlikoff, 2; Mr. Biekart, 2; and Mr. Biekart 
and Mr. Ohlweiler, 2. 
In addition to these regular courses, practical instruction 
is given ide irae orchids, exotics, and water gardens by 
Mr. Pring, palms, ferns and floral displays by Mr. Schiller, 
and roses and medicinal and herbaceous collections by Mr. 
Garrett. This work has been divided into definite groups, or 
phases, of gardening, and each group, with its articulating 
subjects, is under the management of a man _particularly 
fitted for the work assigned him. No more work is ex 
of any one man than he can properly attend to along with 
his other regular garden duties. 
A comparison of the present schedule with the one given 
above of the former arrangement of courses may be interest- 
ing. The courses now embrace the following five general 
subjects, the numbers following having reference to the num- 
ber of periods devoted to each subject: Gardening, all phases, 
51; botany, 11; entomology, 2; engineering and surveying, 
4; and drawing, 4. 
It will be noted that there is a considerable reduction in 
the amount of time given to purely scientific subjects and a 
corresponding increase in time given to gardening subjects. 
This not only more nearly seaptas with the ideas suggested 
by Mr. Shaw, but also gives to the student the knowledge 
that is most useful in pursuing the profession after leaving 
