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he History and Functions of 

 Botanic Gardens 



A. W. HILT. 



Reprinted from Annaxs of the Mibsoubi BOTAJfiCAi. 

 Gahden 2: 185-240. February-April, 1915 



A paper read by invitation at the Twenty- 

 fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, October 15, 1914. 



