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lic. The planted area is about 160 acres, and will be materially 
increased in size. A small museum, library and herbarium build- 
ing has been erected near the main entrance. The great Siva of 
North America and the journal Garden and Forest are noteworthy 
publications from this noble institution. 
3. The Botanic Gardens of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, at Washington, have an extensive range of green- 
houses and a large tract of land under cultivation. The herbarium 
of the department, now deposited with the United States National 
Museum, is very large and is at present increasing more rapidly 
than any other in America. There is a somewhat effective work- 
ing library, which greatly needs material enlargement, and several 
poorly located and equipped laboratorias, in which a vast amount 
of important investigation is being accomplished, under very un- 
favorable conditions, which urgently demand improvement. Pub- 
lications include: Bulletin of the Botanical Division, Bulletin of 
the Division of F orestry, Bulletin of the Division of Plant Pathol- 
ogy and Physiology, Contributions from the United States Na- 
tional Herbarium, Year-book of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, and circulars of the several divisions. 
4. The Missouri Botanical Garden, at St. Louis, Mo., was es- 
tablished in 1889, through the provisions of the will of Mr. Henry 
Shaw, who for over thirty years previously had been bringing 
together material for it on the land about his residence, which was 
known as Shaw’s Garden. There were in all some 670 acres de- 
vised to the institution under the will of the generous and philan- 
thropic founder, and from the income yielded by much of this land, 
not nearly all the area being required for garden purposes, the in- 
stitution derives its large maintenance fund, which will certainly be 
greatly increased as the land becomes more valuable, and will sup- 
ply an income sufficient to operate the institution in the most effec- 
tive manner. There are several greenhouses, a very large and 
valuable herbarium and library, while the laboratories of the Shaw 
School of Botany, at Washington University, are in close relation- 
ship to the garden. Much important research, principally taxo- 
nomic, has been prosecuted. Publications consist of seven vol- 
umes of Annual Reports and nine “Contributions from the Shaw 
School of Botany.” 
