Klem — The History of Science in St. Louis. Ill 



In 1859 Mr. Shaw secured the passage of an act of the 

 Legislature of Missouri which empowered him to deed or* 

 will to trustees such of his property as he wished to set 

 aside for the following purposes, namely: "to maintain 

 and establish a botanic garden for the cultivation and 

 propagation of plants, flowers, fruit and forest trees, and 

 for the dissemination of the knowledge thereof among 

 men, by having a collection thereof easily accessible ; by 

 the establishment of a museum and library in connection 

 therewith, as also by establishment of public lectures and 

 instruction upon botany and its allied sciences, when it 

 shall be deemed advisable in furtherance of the general 

 objects of said trust; and for the purpose of maintaining 

 a perpetual fund for the support and maintenance of said 

 garden, its care and increase, and the museum, library 

 and instruction connected therewith.' ' 



After Mr. Shaw's death the Missouri Botanical Garden 

 was organized in accordance with the terms of his will. 

 At the Garden will be found one of the best botanical 

 libraries in America, and among a vast herbarium of 

 plants representative of every corner of the earth will 

 be seen the Engelmann collection, containing many rare 

 specimens of important types of plants collected by some 

 of the early western explorers. 



In 1885 Mr. Shaw proposed to the directors of "Wash- 

 ington University to endow in that institution a school 

 of botany with the understanding that by testamentary 

 provision the best use of his garden for scientific study 

 and investigation should be insured to its professors and 

 students. The offer was accepted and the Henry Shaw 

 School of Botany formally inaugurated. 



Among those who came to America in 1848 because of 

 dissatisfaction with the established government of 

 Baden, Germany, was Dr. Adam Hammer, 36 who arrived 





36 Dr. Adam Hammer. St. Louis Med. Surg. Jour. 35: 314-316. 1878. 

 Goodwin, E. J. Humboldt Medical College. A history of medicine 

 in Missouri. 136. 1905. 



