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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



turn is thrown open to the inhabitants of that city as a public 

 park. The arboretum has nearly completed a description of 

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magnificently illustrated quartos, entitled The Silva of North 

 America. 



The foundation of the Missouri Botanic Garden at St. Louis is 

 due to the munificence of Mr. Henry Shaw, who bequeathed for 

 that purpose a tract of seven hundred and sixty acres of land and 



