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ooo, and produces a net income of about $50,000 ; but as a 

 large part of Mr. Shaw's property is invested in unimproved 

 real estate within the city limits of St. Louis, the income of 

 his estate may be expected to increase enormously with the 

 growth of that city ; and Professor William Trelease, the 

 newly appointed director, will, in all probability, soon find 

 himself at the head of a better endowed establishment than 

 any other of its kind which has ever existed. There is_no 

 botanic garden in the world, with the exception of that at 

 Kew, where the annual expenditures are not far from $100,- 

 000, which enjoys an income of anything like $50,000, and a 

 vast amount of good and useful work can be accomplished 

 every year with that sum of money. ' ' This institution will be 

 more than a garden. It will in time comprise a great botani- 

 cal museum, with a comprehensive herbarium, of which the 

 inestimable collections of Engelmann form a nucleus. It 

 will also become a great educational center where botany and 

 all its correlatives will be taught. In short, there appears to 

 be every reason to expect that this will in time become the 

 botanical center of the new world. 



The horticultural features of this great project are boldly 

 drawn. It is to be a school of practice as well as study. It 

 will afford facilities for the training of gardeners. 



" In accordance with the intention of its honored Founder, the Trustees 

 of the Garden propose to provide adequate theoretical and practical in- 

 struction for young men desirous of becoming gardeners. It is not intended 

 at present that many persons shall be trained at the same same time, nor 

 that the instruction so planned shall duplicate the excellent courses in agri- 

 culture now offered by the numerous State Colleges of the country, but that 

 it shall be quite distinct and limited to what is thought to be necessary for 

 training practical gardeners." 



Garden scholarships have been established, with the follow- 

 ing aims and provisions : 



"Scholarships, not exceeding six in number, will be awarded by the Di- 

 rector of the Garden, prior to the first of April next. In case the entire 

 number are not then awarded, the remainder will not be awarded until the 

 corresponding period of the following year, and vacancies which may sub- 

 sequently arise will be filled annually, after published announcement." 



The pupils who are fortunate enough to secure these scholarships " will 

 be lodged in comfortable rooms in a spacious dwelling adjoining the Garden, 

 under the charge of the Head Gardener or some other competent person. 

 It is not the intention of the Trustees to furnish table board, but good 

 board can be obtained in the lodging house or elsewhere, at the usual cost. 



