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])urposes were farther reaching than most of us appreciate to- 
day. I think that one of the purposes he intended was that 
the garden to which he devoted so much of his life, should be a 
means of education for posterity, and the elevation of horticul- 
ture. 
We have with us this evening a man who was intimately 
associated with me in the management of the Missouri Rotani' 
cal Garden, but who has since that time assumed charge of one 
of the departments of the Agricultural Department at Washing- 
ton, and I know in proposing the “man from the garden” you 
will take much pleasure in li-tening to his remarks. I will in- 
troduce to you Mr. Jared G. Smith of Washington, D. C. 
Mr. Smith in part replied as follows; The work that Henry 
Shaw did, the work that he inaugurated, has taken its course 
a'ong mau}' lines. The garden itself is an educational institu- 
tion in that it was intended to educate the minds of the people 
w'ho visit it. The convocation w hich w’e have enjoyed to-night^ 
though partaking of a gastronomic character, is, as Prof. Tre- 
lease said, one of the privileges we owe to Mr. Henry Shaw, and 
one of the means of sending out men into the world prepared to 
go to work which will count for the betterment of the people 
of the I’nited States. It is some eleven or twelve years since 
the garden was established as an educational institution, but 
even before that time it was an edacational institution, in that 
it contained exhibition of some of the be.st ideas in horticulture. 
It is only within the last dozen years tliat the garden has com- 
menced to send out workers, and some of these have already 
made for themselves a name, and all of them, or almost all of 
them, hrve done good work, one of them stands at the head of 
pi rnt hybridization in the Department of Agriculture, Mr. 
Weber. His work in his various expenments and the results 
therefrom can be directly attributed to Mr. Henry Shaw. Af- 
ter mentioning some of the more important results attained by 
Mr. Weber, Mr. Smith spoke of Mr. ,Sbaw having given to 
many the opportunity of doing good work for the improve- 
ment of the people. This is attested by the number of men 
who have studied at the gardens, who occupy good positions. 
Prof. Trelease ne.xt called upon Mr. William Scott, super- 
intendent of Floriculture at the Pan-.American Exposition, who 
responded in his usual pleasant manner. Mr. Scott said: 
After spending three hours at the Missouri Botanical Gaiden, 
he considered it a noble philanthropy of Mr. Shaw to pre.sent 
this elegant garden to the jteople of St. Eouis and vicinity, and 
that it is the most splendid garden he knows of anywhere, and 
thinks it is not surpassed or equalled by any other in the 
Fnited States. This garden is not only to be appreciated by 
the young men of this vicinity, but by the whole people of the 
Fnited States. Mr. Scott spoke at some length on the concep- 
tion of the plan of the Pan--\merican Exposition, selecting the 
site and other interesting facts about it. 
Ex-Governor Francis said : With regard to the World’s Fair 
in St. Fouis, I am confident it is as much the desire of our people 
that the exposition at Buffalo be a success as they are that the 
World’s Fair here shall be, for what the Pau-American Expo- 
sition is, will influence the St. I^ouis Flxposition. We trust 
that Missouri may be creditably' represented by' a proper ex- 
hibit at Buffalo, and I have no doubt it wilt be. It is proposed 
to make the exhiV)it in 1903 equal, if not finer and more mag- 
nificent than any the world has ever .seen, and we think from 
the interest manifested thus far by this community and others 
that it will surpass all others and be the finest the world has 
seen up to that time. Of course Buffalo is better situated in 
regard to power or supply of power than St. Louis. By this I 
mean they can perhaps obtain wonderful results and undoubt- 
edly wilt do so by the ine of electricity; but who can say or 
will dare to prophecy what vast strides or improvements will 
be made in this modern wonder — perhaps we may even have 
the benefit of Niagara’smighty pow er at St. Louis. Electricity, 
as you all probably know', will form one of the princijial at- 
traction of the Pan-American Exposition, and so it w ill at the 
St. Louis Exposition. 
The same attention will undoubtedly be paid at our expo- 
sition as has been and will be paid at the Pan-.\merican Expo- 
sition, to the slightest detail, and to the end of obtaining the 
bast amt most harmonious resul's in the coloring of the build- 
ings and landscajie gardening. Expositions of this character 
elevate the civic pride and the international feeling permeated 
among the people. At our Exhibition in 1903 in celebration of 
the acquisition of this great territory which we inhabit, we 
shall have as our guests distinguished persons of the world, and 
it will be as much pleasure to us to have as our guests the 
members of the Society of American Florists as it will be to 
have these distinguished people, and I sincerely hope that we 
may be favored with your company at that time. 
Prof. Trelease in declaring the banquet at an end, ex. 
pressed his desire to thank particularly those to whom the 
guests owed the greatest part of their pleasure, that of listening 
to them. Rudolph J. Mohr. 
A MODERN BURIAL. 
The illustrations below show a recent modern funeral in 
C'eveland, O , in which the Bomgardner Casket Lowering Device 
was used, and at which five bodies were lowered simultaneously, 
emblematic of the manner in which the lives were lost. 
BEFORE BITRIAL. 
AF'TER BFRIAL, 
