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Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. XI JUNE, 1923 No. 6 
THE FOURTH ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW OF THE 
GARDEN CLUB OF ST. LOUIS 
In 1920 the first show of the Garden Club of St. Louis was 
held in the floral display house of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 
den. That year marked the beginning of amateur flower shows 
in St. Louis, and each succeeding year has witnessed an im- 
provement. The gain in experience in the method of staging 
the shows and of handling the flowers for exhibition made the 
fourth annual flower show, held May 26 and 27 of this year, 
a great success. The response of the general publie to exhibit 
in a flower show is very slow at first, but once interest is 
aroused wonderful results may be expected. 
The object of the Garden Club of St. Louis in undertaking 
these flower shows is to create a wider local interest in the 
growing of flowers, shrubs and trees, fruits and vegetables, 
and to demonstrate what a variety of beautiful and useful 
plants may be grown successfully in this climate. 
The show is held in a garden that is internationally famous, 
and as the exhibition days are in the latter part of May, vis- 
itors are drawn to the Garden at one of the best seasons of 
the year for outdoor floral displays of perennials, iris, peonies, 
wild plants, shrubs and trees. The floral display house at 
the Garden, in which the show is staged, is without equal in 
this country. Plate 15, taken from the baleony surrounding 
the banana pit, gives an idea of the general view the visitor 
to the show receives upon entering the house. The permanent 
planting of shrubs and the abundant natural light were of 
great advantage in staging the exhibits. 
The time to set for a show of this kind is wholly dependent 
upon outdoor materials and must necessarily be made to suit 
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