TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 29 
table kingdom;’’ a ‘banquet to the Trustees of the 
Garden, and to the guests they may invite, literary and 
scientific men, and friends and patrons of the natural 
sciences; ’’ a ‘* banquet to the gardeners of the institution, 
and invited florists, nurserymen, and market gardeners of 
St. Louis and vicinity; ’’ and the award of ‘‘ premiums or 
prizes to a flower show or exhibition, when such flower 
show may be established by amateurs and horticulturists of 
St. Louis.”’ 
The removal of the late city residence of Mr. Shaw, 
which was effected in 1891, and the utilization of this build- 
ing for the administrative offices, the library and the her- 
barium, has been noted in earlier reports.* How this 
building, while retaining its distinctive character and pres- 
ent internal arrangement, may ultimately be connected with 
and utilized in the system of administrative and research 
buildings which will be developed about it, has already re- 
ceived the attention of the landscape gardeners, and in due 
time must be studied in detail by competent architects. 
The provision of a cottage to be used as a residence for a 
person who should act as curator of the mausoleum, etc., 
received the attention of the Board in 1895, and has like- 
wise been mentioned in the Garden Reports. 
The annual flower sermon has each year been delivered 
in Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, by a prominent 
clergyman of the Episcopal Church, and annually reported 
on.t In1898, the sermon was preached on the morning of 
May 15, by the Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, D.D., LL.D., 
of Wilmington, Delaware. 
The annual banquet to the Trustees of the Garden and 
their invited guests, on which a report has each year been 
made,§ has resulted in bringing the Garden in close touch 
* Rept.3:15. 7:7,17. 83:19. + Rept. 7: 7, 17. 
t Rept. 1:103. 82:18, 21. 4:19,238. 6318, 23. 638,17. 7221. 
8:34. 93:18. 
§ Rept. 13112. 8:18,36. 4:19, 36. 5:18, 38. 6317. 7:21. 8 3 34. 
93:18. 
