MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 3 
ceived by the public that the St. Louis Aquarium Society — 
awarded to the Garden a silver cup as a special prize. 
In addition to the routine painting and repairs incident to 
the upkeep of the Garden for the year, the exteriors of most 
of the growing ranges were painted as well as the ironwork 
of the roof of the Linnean house and a considerable amount 
of iron fence. The rose pergola was also painted early in the 
spring. A, long-needed addition to the irrigation system was 
installed throughout the principal beds in the main garden. 
OUT-OF-TOWN ADDITION TO THE GARDEN 
The history of other botanical gardens established within 
city limits has been that eventually they have been compelled 
to move to other localities, either because of the difficulty of 
properly growing plants in a city atmosphere or in order to 
obtain additional room for expansion. For years it has been 
recognized that it is not possible to grow to perfection many 
trees and plants at the Garden, this difficulty being experi- 
enced in the greenhouses as well as outdoors, and it was felt 
that there was no other alternative than to abandon the pres- 
ent location. On the other hand, the necessity for giving up 
the present accessible location seemed to be unfortunate. By 
far the greater number of visitors to the Garden come by 
street-car or on foot. Actual counts made on Sunday after- 
noons when 10,000 or more people were at the Garden showed 
that not more than 15 per cent came by automobile. To move 
the Garden outside the city to a distance sufficient to insure 
its favorable location for the next fifty or one hundred years 
would at once greatly reduce its influence as a recreational 
and educational institution. The visits of schools and similar 
groups in a body would be practically eliminated. To aban- 
don the present location of the Garden would likewise involve 
the moving of the library, herbarium, and laboratory, as well 
as the two schools maintained at the Garden. With many 
commercial and educational institutions of the city dependent 
upon these branches of the Garden for assistance and advice, 
it would seem unfortunate to make them so much less access- 
ible than they now are. We were thus faced with the absolute 
necessity of finding a more favorable location for the growing 
of the material used at the Garden, coupled with the very 
great desirability of maintaining the efficiency of the Garden 
