14 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



herbarium of the then recently deceased Professor Bern- 

 hardi, of Erfurth, Germany, which was offered for sale at 

 a very small price. Writing from Kew on this subject, 

 August 11, 1857, Engelmann says: " You see that Hook- 

 er's active spirit is stirring up everything and everybody 

 that comes in contact with him." And Hooker writes — 

 January 1, 1858 — " He (Engelmann) tells me of the her- 

 barium of the late Dr. Beruhardi of Erfurth which he 

 expects to buy for St. Louis. That ought to be a good 

 commencement for the more scientific part of the establish- 

 ment. * * * The State ought to feel that it owes you 

 much for so much public spirit, and so well directed." 



Mr. Shaw has told Professor Trelease, the present Di- 

 rector of the Garden, that ho had at one time planned a grand 

 School of Botany, with residences for the faculty, labora- 

 tories, etc., opposite the main gate ; but abandoned the pro- 

 ject because of the wise advice of Dr. Asa Gray, who said 

 that the experiment should be tried in a small way first ; as 

 such things cannot be forced, but must grow. 



In the summer of 186(5 Mr. Shaw was fortunate enouirh to 

 secure the services of Mr. James Gurney, from the Royal 

 Botanical Garden in Regent's Park, London, whose practical 

 knowledge and experience, and faithful and conscientious 

 devotion to his various duties, won the entire confidence of 

 his em[)loyer, and contributed very largely to make Garden 

 and Park what they now are. Mr. Shaw's personal super- 

 vision of both was, however, never abandoned ; and in this 

 congenial employment, and in perfecting arrangements for 

 the continuance of the noble work he had so well begun, the 

 last twenty-five years of his life were happily and° appro- 

 priately spent. Until the summer of 1885 he had not been 

 out of St. Louis for nearly twenty years, except for a drive 

 to the neighboring village of Kirkwood to dine with a friend. 

 During the heated term of the year mentioned, he became 

 so much debilitated that his physician insisted upon a change 

 of climate. He went to Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, 

 spending some time at Lakeside on Pewaukee Lake, not 



