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point at which it had been when the garden was only the home of a 

 private gentleman ; and a second, now in sight, in which, the realization 

 of his plans to make of the garden a center of research and instruction 

 is to be looked for in greater measure with the passage of every year. 

 During the first, or maintenance, period, both trustees and director 



General Effect the Grove. 



have taken the ground that standing still was impossible that the 

 institution must either advance or recede and maintenance, there- 

 fore, has really meant slow growth in most of the directions contem- 

 plated by its founder. In one single respect, only, has ground seem- 

 ingly been lost for the small museum, which, in the later years of 



Detail a Mosaic of Succulents. 



Mr. Shaw's life, under the care of household servants had deteriorated 

 so far as to be neither useful nor creditable, was closed when his 

 trustees took charge of the establishment; and the need of using the 

 museum building for other purposes has as yet prevented renovating 

 and reopening it. Under the liberal policy of his trustees, the collec- 



