26 FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE 



the pleasure of receiving a box of broken 

 glass." 



Even the fragments, however, served to 

 indicate the high quality and artistic excel- 

 lence of the work accomplished by the 

 Blaschkas. Imperfect as the specimens 

 were, they attracted great attention, and 

 gave promise of surprising results. Mrs. 

 Elizabeth C. Ware and her daughter, Miss 

 Mary L. Ware, who had already been lib- 

 eral benefactors of the botanical depart- 

 ment of Harvard, authorized Professor 

 Goodale to make a provisional contract 

 with the Blaschkas for the production of a 

 certain number of the models. These were 

 received in excellent order, after being care- 

 fully passed by the custom-house officials, 

 and gave complete satisfaction. A new 

 agreement was then signed, and it was de- 

 cided that the collection should form a 

 memorial to Dr. Ware. 



Later on, this agreement was modified 

 several times in order to secure a larger 

 number and a wider range of models, and 

 finally, in 1890, a contract was executed 

 at the consular office in Dresden by the 

 terms of which the artists agreed to give 

 their entire time to the Museum of Har- 

 vard University for the term of ten years, 

 and to furnish an average of one hundred 

 models a year, 



