2 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
to maintain their activities on the same basis as before the 
war. The resources of the Garden, which of course must be 
earefully husbanded and most conservatively managed, do 
not, at the present time at least, permit of a sudden expansion 
to meet such extraordinary conditions as are now being ex- 
perienced. In fact, the increase in taxes and the administra- 
tion of the estate, which, of course, must be taken care of 
first, have left the Garden with some thousands of dollars less 
available for direct Garden purposes than in the previous 
year. It is confidently expected that additional revenues may 
be available before it is too late, but in the meantime the most 
that can be hoped for is to maintain the various activities of 
the Garden and not to be compelled to abandon any of the 
various features—either scientific or popular—which have 
contributed to place the Missouri Botanical Garden in its 
present position. 
Reconstruction of the Linnean House.—In 1882, Mr. Shaw 
built a plant house ‘‘dedicated to Linneus by placing his bust 
over the entrance.”’ This house, the only one remaining of 
those built by the founder of the Garden, has been closed to 
visitors for several years, because of the unsafe condition of 
the roof. The location and exterior of the Linnean house 
made it too attractive to be abandoned, and consequently 
early in the year a new glass roof replacing the old slate and 
glass combination was supplied and the house put in thorough 
repair. This included an entirely new heating system, the 
elimination of the old walks, and the use of about 300 loads of 
earth in order to produce the landscape effect desired for the 
collection of evergreens, azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, 
ete., which was to be established there. The central feature 
of this building is a pool and a rock ledge patterned after the 
familiar type to be found along the Meramec River, and an 
interesting natural curiosity, showing a tree overgrowing a 
huge stone, was made a part of this structure. There has thus 
been added to the Garden an interesting permanent collection 
of plants which, because of the natural arrangement provided, 
is displayed in an admirable manner. 
New Propagating and Growing Houses.—The main range 
of growing houses back of the wall, constructed of wood some 
years ago, being no longer suitable for the propagation and 
maintenance of plants, was abandoned during the winter of 
1918. Because of savings made from other accounts, it be- 
came possible this year to begin the construction of four 
greenhouses of a modern type 100 x 21 feet, with an additional 
propagating house 100 x 7 feet, designed especially for grow- 
