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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 35 
dent of the Association of American Cemetery Superin- . 
tendents; Hon. Norman J. Colman, late Secretary of 
Agriculture of the United States; Adam Graham, of 
Cleveland, President of the Society of American Florists ; 
W. M. Bulkley; Hon. R. Graham Frost; H. C. Irish; and 
W. M. Chauvenet. 
The flower premiums for 1896 were awarded through the 
officers of a chrysanthemum show held in the Exposition 
Building, St. Louis, November 11 to 15, the awards in 
general being made for plants and flowers similar to those 
entered in previous years. Unfortunately, owing to the 
absence of suitable entries, it has again proved impossible 
to award the Shaw medal founded by the Board in 1893.* 
The Board of Trustees having become fully convinced 
that, because of the prejudice against leasing land for 
residence purposes, it would not be possible to carry out the 
intentions of Mr. Shaw, as expressed in the first and third 
paragraphs of the first clause of his will,* they brought 
suit to the April Term, 1896, of the Circuit Court, City of 
St. Louis, praying for a decree authorizing them to sell 
certain of the unproductive real estate; in which suit the 
State of Missouri, by its Attorney-General, as guardian of 
the public interests, and all of the heirs at law of Henry 
Shaw, were made defendants. On June 8, the cause came 
on for hearing, the Attorney-General appearing in person, 
and was submitted to the court upon full proofs, and on 
the 17th of August a final decree was handed down, by 
which the present Trustees and their successors in trust 
are authorized and empowered to sell certain specified 
revenue real estate, 
— ‘on such terms and conditions as they may from time to time deem 
advisable, at public or private sales, and in making such sales said trus- 
tees are authorized, empowered and directed in and by the deeds to be 
executed by them, to impose such restrictions and conditions as may be 
found practicable, as to the character of the improvements upon said 
property so sold and the purposes for which the same may be used, so 
* Reports v. 18; vi. 20; vii. 22. * First Report, 32. 
