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demand upon our revenue, possibly to the amount of, 
$20,000.00. 
We are again called upon to mourn the loss of one of our 
most active and valuable members, Mr. Henry Hitchcock, 
who died on March 18, 1902. 
The following memorial was adopted by the Board and 
entered upon its records : — 
IN MEMORIAM — HENRY HITCHCOCK. 
Among the late losses of respected citizens out from her midst which 
St. Louis has been called on to deplore, the death of Mr. Henry Hitchcock 
has brought a deep sense of sorrow. 
To his fellow members of the Board of Trustees of the Missouri 
Botanical Garden that sense of loss is gravely intensified by their grate- 
ful memories of his assiduous and faithful labors in helping and guiding 
them in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities laid upon them 
by the will of the donor of the Garden, and by the confidence reposed in 
them by the chief beneficiary, the public. 
Ever on the alert that the sovereign behests of the Trust, in which he 
had a share of custodianship, should be loyally obeyed, painstakingly 
industrious that the method as well as the aims of fiduciary duty should 
be carefully heeded, holding a chief place and a laboring oar in the hardest 
worked Committee of the Board, and with legal skill and sound judg- 
ment and fearless integrity directing all its counsels and actions, he was 
to his fellow members as a very tower of strength in their efforts worthily 
to fulfil their trust. 
The Board, therefore, in emphasizing the great loss which the com- 
munity has sustained in the death of Mr. Hitchcock, and in assuring the 
afflicted family of its deep sympathy, desires also to record its special 
sense of its own bereavement. From the beginning of the existence of 
the Board he was its Vice-president and the Chairman of its most active 
Committee. 
The hearts of all the members are filled equally with sorrow for his 
death and grateful appreciation of his useful and unselfish life, and of 
the high and honorable position which his integrity and ability had 
won for him in the city, in the state and in the nation. 
Yet sorrow is overtopped by triumph in the thought of 
‘ Life’s work well done, 
Life’s race well run, 
Life’s crown well won, 
Now comes rest.’ 
The only permanent improvements made at the Garden 
during the past year were the erection of a series of 
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