4 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
by keeping it within the reach of the public, two horns of a 
dilemma which appear to be irreconcilable. After careful 
consideration the solution of this problem seems to be to leave 
undisturbed, at least for the present, the buildings and 
grounds of the present location, together with its scientific 
and educational features, but to maintain it as a show place, 
much as it has been in the past, and to acquire land outside 
of St. Louis where much of the indoor floral display material 
and the plants and trees to be used outside can be grown; in 
other words, to regard the present improved portion of the 
Garden as the city showroom and to have the factory away 
from the poisonous atmospheri¢ conditions of the city where 
the best possible results can be produced. The primary ob- 
ject of securing land at a considerable distance from the city 
would be for the purpose above indicated, but steps would be 
taken at once to develop a real arboretum, and there should 
also be secured a considerable area of natural forest with its 
undergrowth, which could be preserved for all time as a 
reservation. It should also be borne in mind that many years 
hence this location would probably be the new botanical 
garden. 
Since the funds of the Garden did not permit of any addi- 
tional investment for Garden purposes, the only possible way 
by which this plan could be consummated was to dispose of 
the unimproved pasture land lying west of the existing gar- 
den. This would involve no decrease in the area which has 
always been open to the public, and the Board of Trustees, 
after carefully considering all of the factors involved, voted 
to adopt the plan. Authorization from the court being neces- 
sary in order to sell the land above referred to, the prelimi- 
nary papers were filed and two hearings were held before 
Judge Davis of the Circuit Court. The Attorney General of 
the State, protecting the interests of the people, was repre- 
sented by counsel on both occasions. On the first of March, 
1923, the court did 
“Adjudge and decree that the tract of ground immediately west 
of Shaw’s Garden proper, bounded on the west by Kingshighway, 
on the northwest by Vandeventer Avenue, on the north by Shaw 
Avenue, on the east and southeast by land now occupied by Shaw’s 
Garden, including the arboretum, and on the south by Shenandoah 
Avenue, containing fifty acres, more or less, be sold and aliened in 
fee, free from any of the conditions and restrictions contained in 
