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HORTICULTUEE 



August 17, 1918 



MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



The Missouri Botanical Garden was 

 opened to tlie public by Mr. Henry 

 Shaw about 1860. From that date to 

 the death of Mr. Shaw, in 1889, the 

 Garden was maintained under the 

 personal direction of Its founder, and. 

 while virtually a private garden, it 

 was, except at certain stated times, 

 always open to the public. By a pro- 

 vision of Mr. Shaw's will, the garden 

 passed at his death Into the hands of 

 a Board of Trustees. The immediate 

 direction of the Garden is vested in a 

 Director, appointed by the Board of 

 Trustees. The Garden receives no in- 

 come from the city or state, but is 

 supported entirely from funds left by 

 the founder. Another notable gift of 

 Mr. Shaw is Tower Grove Park (im- 

 mediately adjoining the Garden on the 

 south) presented to the City of St. 

 Ix)uis in 1867. 



Of the one hundred and twenty-five 

 acres included in the Garden, about 

 seventy-five are open to the public. 

 The remaining area, at present given 

 up to pasture land and farming, will 

 in time be incorporated in the Garden 

 proper. The Garden is open to visitors 

 week days from 8.00 a. m. to one-half 

 hour after sunset, Sundays from 2.00 



Dr. Geosge T. Moore 

 rMr.'ftcir Missouri Botanical Oardens 



p. m. until sunset. Admission free. 

 About 11,000 species of plants are 

 growing In the Garden. The hardy 

 forms, numbering about 5,000, are dis- 

 tributed in the various outdoor collec- 

 tions. The remaining species, approx- 



imately 6,000 in number, are mostly 

 tropical and subtropical forms and are 

 displayed in the various conserva- 

 tories. 



The P.iLii HoLSE. — Contains a Col- 

 lection of palms embracing 150 species, 

 including such commercially import- 

 ant forms as date, cocoanut, sugar, 

 lanama hat, and rattan palms. Other 

 exotic tropical plants of interest are 

 bamboo, traveler's tree, screw pine, oil 

 palm, thatch palm, etc. 



EfOxoMK Hot SE. — A varied collec- 

 lion of tropical and subtropical plants 

 of special economic importance is 

 housed in this conservatory. In the 

 assortment are plants which produce 

 rubber, oils, perfumes, fiber, spices, 

 drugs, woods, dyes, coffee, tea, pepper, 

 etc., etc. 



Cyc.vd House. — Arranged in Japa- 

 nese style, this conservatory serves 

 admirably as a display house for the 

 representatives of the thirty-five known 

 .species of cycads. Included in the col- 

 lection are numerous subtropical ever- 

 greens — Araucaria, Cupressus, Hakea, 

 Eucalyptus, and the well-known Kafir 

 bread and sago palm. 



StecuLENT House. — The arrange- 

 ment in this house represents desert 



View In Floral Display Hoase In Midwinter 



