Klem—The History of Science in St. Lous. 111 
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,** who arrived 
sé 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 
