THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



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desirous of becoming gardeners. The course of instruc- 

 tion in this department does not duplicate that now 

 offered by the numerous state Agricultural Colleges of 

 the country, but is quite distinct, and limited to what is 

 thought necessary training for practical gardeners. It is 

 not intended that many pupils shall be trained at one 

 time. Six scholarships for such pupils have been estab- 

 lished, and admission thereto is based on the results of 

 competitive examinations, with certain exceptions in 

 favor of young men between the ages of 14 and 20. 

 Vacancies, as they arise, are filled annually after public 

 announcement. 



Garden pupils, under the conditions of acceptance, are 

 regarded as apprentices in the Botanical Garden, and as 

 such are required to work in it, under the direction o£ 



estry, botany and entomology, and they are granted free 

 tuition in the School of Botany. 



The Henry Shaw School of Botany was founded about 

 the year 1883, with the assistance and advice of the L'.te 

 Dr. Asa Gray, of Harvard College. With the con- 

 currence of a board of directors Mr. Shaw endowed the 

 school as a department of Washington University, with 

 real estate yielding a revenue of over $5,000, and placed 

 it in such relation with the largely endowed Mi;souri 

 Botanical Garden and Arboretum as would practically 

 secure their best use for scientific study and investiga- 

 tion, to the professor and students of the School of 

 Botany. A professorship of botany was therein estab- 

 lished, known as the Engelmann Professorship, which 

 has been filled since September, 1S85, by Professor 



A View in Lower Grove Park, St. Louis. 



the head gardener. They are advanced from simpler to 

 more responsible tasks, and from one department of the 

 garden to another, until they are thoroughly familiar 

 with the work of all. Garden pupils are paid for their 

 services in the garden, and the absence of pecuniary 

 means need not deter any young man from obtaining 

 horticultural training. Each regularly appointed garden 

 pupil holding a scholarship is entitled to the following 

 wages, payable fortnightly : For the first year, I200 ; 

 for the second year, $250 ; and for each year after the 

 second, $300. Plain but comfortable lodgings, conven- 

 ient to the garden, are also furnished. After the first 

 year pupils are not required to do manual labor in the 

 garden for more than five hours a day. The remainder 

 of their time is devoted to the study of horticulture, for- 



William Trelease, formerly of Wisconsin University, 

 The working year for the School of Botany is divided 

 into three terms. Classes for the study of particular 

 groups of plants, and special work for advanced students, 

 are planned as the demand for them appears. On the 

 application of six persons, a class for day or night work, 

 in any branch that can be taught with profit, will be 

 formed whenever practicable. The elementary classes 

 are so conducted as to require no previous knowledge of 

 botany ; but admission to advanced classes depends upon 

 a sufficient familiarity with the subjects to render the 

 work profitable. 



Several other special bequests were made by Mr. 

 Shaw in the interests of the Botanical Gardens, amo"g 

 them these : 



