MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 87 
“March 8, ’86. 
“Dear Mr. Shaw: 
“Columbus is now so far that I think to be done with the cast- 
ing in four weeks. Reckoning two weeks for the packing and ex- 
hibition, the statue will be ready for transport in the month of 
May. Please to appoint the time now when you want me to for- 
ward the figure. I have been asked from Berlin to exhibit there 
Columbus at the International Exhibition. 1 declined as I did not 
know whether you would like it.” 
It is to be regretted that Mr. Shaw’s letters to Miller are 
not also available, but the extracts given above are sufficient 
to indicate how keen an interest he took in the planning 
and execution of the various works of art presented to the 
city. He did much more than merely furnish the money 
for their purchase. 
The Columbus statue was unveiled October 12, 1886, the 
394th anniversary of the landing of the discoverer of Amer- 
ica. As on the oceasion of the presentation of the Hum- 
boldt statue, the ceremonies were chiefly delegated to the 
representatives of the nationality of the man to be honored. 
The Societa di Unione i Fratellanza Italiana, students of 
Washington University, and others took part in the proces- 
sion, and the American and Italian flags were prominently 
displayed. The assembly was called to order by Mr. Joseph 
Franklin, and the statue unveiled by Miss Sadie MacAdams 
and Miss Edith Franklin. Mr. Shaw made a most inter- 
esting address, going into the history of St. Louis with some 
detail, and letters were read from distinguished men, among 
others the historian Bancroft, felicitating Mr. Shaw and the 
city upon the occasion. Others who spoke were Rev. R. A. 
Holland, rector of St. George’s Church, Prof. Calvin M. 
Woodward, and Mr. James D. Butler, of Madison, Wisconsin, 
who is recorded as having made a “humorous address.” Mr. 
F. A. Cafferata and Mr. Moretti represented the Italian so- 
cieties, the latter speaking in Italian. The statue was ac- 
cepted for the city by Mayor D. R. Francis. 
The marble busts of Linnaeus, Nuttall, and Gray, over the 
entrance of what in 1883 was the “principal plant house” 
of the Garden, were dedicated on Friday, June 22, 1883. 
The members of the American Association of Nurserymen, 
Florists and Seedsmen, then holding a convention in St. 
Louis, were present with other guests, by special invitation. 
The following remarks were made by Mr. Shaw: 
“Gentlemen.—I greet you and welcome the horticulturists and 
florists of America to the Missouri Botanical Garden, On this ocea- 
sion of your visit, in the briefest possible way, I take the agree- 
able pleasure of inaugurating the marble busts placed over the 
