Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. VII St. Louis, Mo., January, 1919 No. 1 
THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
DIRECTOR 
Gentlemen: : 
I have the honor to submit herewith the thirtieth annual 
report of the Director. 
The year 1918 was necessarily one which permitted but 
little more than the ordinary maintenance of the regular 
features of the Garden. Even though it had been possible 
to obtain the necessary material, the labor situation was such 
as to prevent undertaking any considerable improvement. 
In fact, before the year was over, owing to the shortage of 
labor and the requirements of the Fuel Administrator, one 
of the most popular features at the Garden had to be discon- 
tinued. As a result of the abnormal situation only such 
improvements were undertaken during the year as seemed 
to be absolutely necessary. Among these may be mentioned 
the replacing of the old wooden bridge across the stream in 
the North American tract with a permanent concrete and 
stone structure; the reroofing of the lodge house at Cleveland 
Avenue; the elimination of the walk running from Mr. 
Shaw’s old residence to the economic garden; and the con- 
struction of a stone and brick drain the full length of the 
varied industries house. 
The country residence of Mr. Shaw, which was built in 
1849 and is now used for the School for Gardening and 
storage of herbarium material, was declared, after examina- 
tion by experts, to be u unless immediate steps were 
taken to preserve the walls. \\The building was therefore 
sand-blasted, after which it became more evident than ever 
that nothing but stuccoing would save it. The lime and 
sand mortar had so disintegrated that it was possible to lift 
out bricks from almost any part of the structure.//Since the 
house as originally built by Mr. Shaw had been surfaced in 
order to give it a stone effect and it was only after his death 
that it was painted red, there seemed to be an additional 
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