4 ■ MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



1890, under the provisions of the will of Mr. Shaw, by 

 the Bishop of Missouri ; and the proceedings at the first 

 annual banquet, given at the Southern Hotel by the Trustees 

 on the 26th of May, 1890. 



In compliance with this request, the following pages 

 have been prepared, as containing authentic information 

 concerning the objects of the Garden and School of 

 Botany, and the principal steps which have thus far been 

 taken to forward them. It is a pleasure to record here my 

 obligation to Mr. Thomas Dimmock for preparing the ex- 

 cellent biographical sketch of Mr. Shaw which forms the 

 opening paper, and to Mr. Henry Hitchcock, Chairman of 

 the Garden Committee, for a large part of the work in- 

 volved in collecting and editing the facts contained in the 

 remainder of the book. 



William Trelease. 



St. Louis, July 5, 1890. . 



