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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN.
WM. TRELEASE, DIRECTOR

A. S. HITCHCOCK, Asst. in Botany.
J. C. DUFFEY, Asst. in Horticulture.
JAMES GURNEY, Head Gardener.
J. W. DUNFORD, Asst. Gardener.

St. Louis,_______________,189_.

was a piece of work, monographing the genus Copsicum, that he wanted me to begin on at once and that I should have every facility for working the thing up in No. 1 shape. Regarding the outlook for the future he is very fair in telling what I can expect? He says that the place will probably raise $100 each year till it reached $1200 or $1400 and then would probably never go higher. He looks upon the place rather as a stepping stone to something better in another school tc. He says that probably ultimately they will run across some fellow with enough of this worlds goods and a love for such work who will stay permanently, as he could afford to work on a low salary.
The chances for pure botanical