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its library, herbarium and living collections in the prosecu- 
tion of research. 
Four annual events provided for in the will of Henry 
Shaw have taken place in the course of the year: the 
preaching of a sermon *‘ on the wisdom and goodness of God 
as shown in the growth of flowers, fruits, and other prod- 
ucts of the vegetable kingdom; ’’ the eighth banquet to the 
Trustees of the Garden and their invited guests; the eighth 
banquet to the gardeners of the institution, and invited 
florists, nurserymen and market gardeners; and the award 
of premiums or prizes at a flower show held in St. Louis. 
The flower sermon was preached in Christ Church 
Cathedral, St. Louis, on the morning of May 16, by Rev. 
Dr. David H. Greer, of New York City. 
The Trustees’ banquet was given at the Mercantile Club, 
St. Louis, on the evening of May 14, 1897. Rt. Rey. D. 
S. Tuttle presided. Covers were laid for 85 persons. The 
speakers were President James H. Canfield, of the Ohio 
State University, Professor R. Ramsay Wright, of Toronto, 
Professor C. E. Bessey, of the University of Nebraska, 
and Professor N. L. Britton, Director of the New York 
Botanical Garden. 
The eighth gardeners’ banquet was given at the Mer- 
cantile Club, on the evening of June 10, 1897, on the 
occasion of the twenty-second annual convention of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, many members of 
which were present as guests of honor. Covers were laid 
for 185 persons. The Director of the Garden presided, 
and after the dinner had been served speeches appropriate 
to the occasion were made by Hon. D. R. Francis, Hon. N. 
H. Albaugh, President-elect Irving Rouse, of the American 
Association of Nurserymen, Capt. Loyd G. Harris, Presi- 
dent J. W. Kunz, of the St. Louis Florists’ Club, Mr. 
James Gurney, Mr. Charles W. Murtfeldt, and Professor 
F. W. Card. 
The flower premiums for 1897 were awarded by the offi- 
cers of the St. Louis Florists’ Club, at the chrysanthemum 
