8 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
estimate for the removal and rebuilding of the resi- 
dence was far in excess of the amount left for the 
purpose, the Board deemed it wise to apply to the 
courts for instruction in the matter. Judge Jacob Klein, 
of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, decided that the building 
must be removed and rebuilt, as near as possible like the 
original, using the same material as far as practicable, 
regardless of the cost, and that any amount in excess of 
the sum designated by Mr. Shaw for the purpose must be 
paid out of the income of the Trust. As additional room 
was needed for the Library and Herbarium, you decided to 
construct the building with that purpose in view, and on - 
account of the inflammable and valuable nature of its 
contents it was deemed best to make the building as near 
fire-proof as possible. Contracts were made for the 
removal and rebuilding, and work was begun in March and 
finished in December, and the building is now occupied, 
the contracts having been satisfactorily carried out, at a 
total cost, including heating, plumbing, etc., of $33,478.89. 
The building is an ornament to the Garden. 
These heavy expenditures, many of them unavoidable, 
have largely reduced our surplus of January 1, 1891, 
besides exhausting our income for the past year, but inas- 
much as all the most important and necessary improve- 
ments have been made and paid for, the outlay for the 
coming year will be very much less. 
For improvements to the Garden you are referred to the 
Director’s annual report. 
