4 THE PLANT WOELD 



journals and proceedings of societies, and a unique feature of it is a col- 

 lection of some 600 volumes published prior to tlie time of Linnaeus, 

 presented in large part bj" the late E, L. Sturterant. 



Up to the present time, the revenue available for the maintenance 

 of the Garden, which is derived entirely from real estate be<iueathed by 

 Mr. Shaw, has permitted of only the maintenance of the establishment, 

 the policy of the Director and Trustees, however, being to consider evi- 

 dent, if small, annual growth as a necessary index of proper maintenance, 

 and the result has been the accumulation of the research facilities noted 

 above. There is reason to believe that within a comparatively few years, 

 because of certain changes attending the real estate investments, the 

 money available for the uses of the Garden will be increased by a sum 

 of $50,000 or more annually, and it is expected that with this increase 

 in available revenue the Garden will not only add to its floricultural at- 

 tractions, among which no small item will be a range of palm and other 

 houses, which will be planted in such a way as to continue the effects 

 begun in the present ranges, but that a creditable museum will be in- 

 stalled, and that the maintenance force about the office, consisting now 

 of one botanical, one horticultural and two library assistants, in addition 

 to the Director and his amanuensis, will be increased by the addition of 

 young men expert in the several branches of botany, so that it is confi- 

 dently believed that the next quarter of a century will see at the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden a staff of investigators of standing, devoting a 

 part of their time to the necessary maintenance routine of the establish- 

 ment, but giving a part of their time to investigations in all of the 

 branches of botany. At present the work being done is largely that dic- 

 tated by the present maintenance needs of the Garden, namely, along 

 sj'stematic or economic lines, but the scope of Mr. Shaw's purpose and 

 the judgment of the Director and Trustees is broad enough to prevent 

 any limitation other than that dictated by the terms botany and gard- 

 ening, in the broadest sense, and by the available maintenance funds. 



A VISIT TO THE ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK OP FLORIDA. 



By Charles T. Simpson. 



IN the month of April, 1885, in company with Mrs. Simpson and 

 Mr. Pliny Reasoner, of Braidentown, Florida, I made a cruise 

 down the coast of Florida, from Tampa Bay to Cape Sable, 

 along the lower Keys to Tortugas, and back to Tampa Bay. The 

 sharpie in which we made the passage was in command of Captain Cul- 

 bert, a well-known character on the west coast of Florida. The object 

 of the trip was to collect shells and marine life, to study the botany of 



