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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



The little souvenir Handbook of the Garden, of which 

 5,000 copies were published in 1893, had become so anti- 

 quated that, though a large number of copies remained un- 

 sold, the Board decided early in 1904 to issue a revised 

 edition of 5,000 copies. Of these 280, — 100 of them 

 specially bound, — were reserved for presentation purposes, 



DIAGRAM F. 



SALES OF HANDBOOK. 



and the remaining 4,720 copies have been sold since the 

 first of June, when they were placed on sale. Of the older 

 Handbooks, 75 copies had been sold in 1904 prior to 



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reduced price. To meet the needs of the next few years, a 



