[Vol. 2 



10 ANNALS UF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



upon the Garden grounds. It also provided that the Garden 

 should be open to the public every day in the week, excluding 

 holidays and Sundays with the exception of the first Sunday 



of June and September in each year, when the Garden should 



be open from 2 : 00 p. m. to sundown. This latter provision was 

 literally carried out until the spring of 1912, when the Board 

 thought the best interests of the Garden would be promoted 

 by adding additional Sundays, and, having legal advice that 

 there was no objection to their so doing, it was opened from 

 April 1 to December 1, from 2 : 00 o 'clock until sundown. This 

 action proved to have been wise, as the attendance at the 

 Garden increased threefold. 



Such, briefly, ladies and gentlemen, were the objects and the 

 accomplishments in the life of Henry Shaw, a man of whom 

 any City, State or Nation might well be proud, and I request 

 that this assemblage rise and drink with me, in silence, to the 

 memory of Henry Shaw. 



[This toast was then drunk by those assembled.] 



The Toastmaster then presented as follows the apologies of the Hon. Henry 

 W. Kiel, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, who had been expected to respond 

 to a toast: 



Mr. Shaw in his wisdom appointed as one of the Trustees 

 the highest official of the City of St. Louis. He was with us 

 a short time this evening and was compelled to leave, owing 

 to a previous engagement that he thought it would be impos- 

 sible to break, and I have promised him to make his apologies 

 for not remaining. 



In introducing the next speaker of the evening, Dr. Johanna Westerdijk, 

 Director of the Phytopathological Laboratory, Amsterdam, Holland, the Toast- 

 master spoke as follows: 



"VVe are complimented by the presence this evening of a 

 lady from a foreign shore, whose achievements have given 

 her a high position in the botanical world. It is my privilege 

 to introduce Dr. Johanna "Westerdijk, of Amsterdam. 



DR. JOHANNA WESTERDIJK 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: This is a delightful 

 day, but I am sorry that not our great Holland botanist is in 



