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23rd — I hereby give and bequeath to D H MacAdam 

 Esqr of this city but now residing at Kirkwood, my gold 

 Jergensen watch, also two dozen port or claret wine as he 

 may select from my city house cellar ; also to said Mac- 

 Adam my folio edition of Shakspeare. 



24th — I hereby bequeath one thousand ($1000) dollars 

 annually for a banquet to the Trustees of the garden, and to 

 the guests they may invite, litterary and scientific men, and 

 friends and patrons of the Natural sciences ; to be paid each 

 year out of the funds devised for the support of the Garden ; 

 also four hundred dollars annually from the same fund for 

 a banquet to the gardeners of the institution, and invited 

 florists, nurserymen, and market gardeners of St Louis 

 and vicinity, said banquet to be presided over by the Direct- 

 or of said Botanical Garden. 



25th — I hereby bequeath five hundred dollars annually 

 for premiums or prizes to a flower show or exhibition, when 

 such flower show may be established by amateurs and hor- 

 ticulturists of St Louis to be paid each year out of the 

 funds of the garden. 



26th — I hereby devise and bequeath two hundred dol- 

 lars annually to the Bishop of the Episcopal Church of this 

 diocese, in consideration [22] (if he approve of the same) 

 that an annual sermon be preached in such church, and by 

 such minister as he may select; on the wisdom and good- 

 ness of God as shown in the growth of flowers, fruits, and 

 other products of the vegetable kingdom ; to be paid annu- 

 ally out of the funds of the said Botanical Garden. 



27th — I hereby devise and bequeath to the Mercantile 

 Library of St Louis my thirty (30) shares in the Mercan- 

 tile Library Hall Company of St Louis, and all my interest 

 in the same. 



28th — I hereby give and bequeath to the Girls Indus- 

 trial Home of St Louis, of which Catherine T Baker is 

 (or was) matron, the sum of one thousand ($1000) 

 Dollars. 



29th — I hereby give and bequeath to the German Prot- 



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