Addresses from Sister Societies 303 



THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



The Missouri Botanical Garden 



recognizing the great value to American Science 



of the studies and precepts of 



Benjamin Franklin 



founder of 



The American Philosophical Society 



the oldest of American scientific societies, tenders its 

 compliments and felicitations on the occasion of the Two 

 Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Benjamin 

 Franklin and delegates The Director of the Garden as 

 its representative at the ceremonies of April 17, 18, 19, 

 and 20, 1906. 



St. Louis, Missouri, April 17th, 1906. 



William Trelease, 



Director. 



R. J. Lackland, 



President of Board of Trustees. 



A. D. Cunningham, 

 Secretary of Board of Trustees. 



