MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 9 
as plant breeding, diseases of plants, soils and fertilizers, 
entomology, etc., are well taken care of, and landscape archi- 
tecture, from mechanical and free-hand drawing to the prin- 
ciples of landscape design, is offered. In addition to the 
formal courses, all the facilities of the Garden are placed at 
the disposal of the pupils in a way calculated to give them 
practical experience in the propagation and care of a great 
variety of plants both outdoors and in the greenhouses. When 
satisfactorily completed, a three years’ course at the Garden 
is recognized as fitting students to an unusual degree for a 
variety of professional work along landscape and gardening 
lines. During the past year the enrollment, including voca- 
tional students, has been eighteen, a number larger than in 
any previous year and more than we properly are prepared 
to take care of. Four vocational students completed their 
training during the year and are now holding good positions. 
In the regular course Miss Edith Mason and Miss Katherine | 
Perkins have continued the work begun a year ago, and Mr. © 
Joseph Crupe and Miss Ruth Dowell have been admitted to 
advanced standing. Mr. H. E. White, Miss Fern Goss, and 
Mr. Joseph Grimme were enrolled for the regular three years’ 
course. The high standard of the school is evidenced by the 
fact that all of these students have successfully fulfilled the 
entrance requirements of Washington University, four having 
had previous college work and one having obtained the mas- 
ter’s degree in botany. The remaining students, assigned to 
the Garden by the United States Veterans’ Bureau, have had 
varying amounts of schooling, but all have made a satisfactory 
record. It is universally recognized that the training in gar- 
dening given to the vocational men by the Missouri Botanical 
Garden is the best of the kind offered in this country. 
ANNUAL BEQUESTS 
The annual flower sermon, provided for in the will of Mr. 
Shaw, was preached at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, 
May 27, by the Rev. W. Russell Bowie, of Grace Church, 
New York City. 
The Trustees’ Banquet was held on the evening of October 
10 at the Hotel Chase, the special occasion being the conven- 
tion of the Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association. Since 
this was the first time the Trustees’ Banquet has ever been 
