St Louis College of Pharmacy - Prescripto Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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-------al DIQESCDIIDTC sl- The great plan of the Garden thus realized all went according to Mr. Shaw's desire. But he soon felt that the superintendence of so vast an enterprise was beyond the power of a single man and he accordingly looked about for a lieutenant. He was fortunate in finding an able one in 1866, in Mr. james Gurney. Mr. Gur- ney was connected with the Gardens of the Royal Botanical Society in Regents Park, London, and was a man of wide experience and practical knoweldge in his field. He 'enjoyed his employers full confidence, and it was through the co- operation of the two men that the Missouri Botanical Garden became what it is. About 1883 Mr. Shaw had authorized the chancellor of Vtfashington Uni- versity to place before the Board of Directors a definite plan whereby he proposed with the concurrence of the Directors to endow a school of Botany as a Depart- ment of Wfashington University, by donation of real estate, yielding over live thousand dollars revenue, and to place it in such relation with the largely endowed Missouri Botanical Garden and Arboretum as would practically secure their best uses for scientific study and investigation, to the professors and students of the said School of Botany, in all time to come. At a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors held June 8, 1885, resolutions were offered in acceptance of this proposal, and Dr. W'illiam Trelease of the University of 'VVisconsin was elected the first Engelmann Professor in the Henry Shaw School of Botany. Dr. Trelease was also elected Director of the Garden after the death of Mr. Shaw in 1889. Under Dr. Trelease's administration the activities of the Garden were extended, as Mr. Shaw had desired they should be. The founder's idea of maintaining and developing the ornamental features was religiously adhered to at the same time that the scientific functions of the Garden were put upon a solid basis. They last received an impetus through the connection of the Garden with the School of Botanyg students, graduates and undergraduates, came from all countries of the world to pursue their studies here. Taxonomy, plant physiology, economic botany in all its phases, horticulture received the attention of scientific workers. An intense scientific spirit permeated the place. 1 -Mlm. .-, 5:25 Dr. Trelease resigned in 1912, to be succeeded by Dr. Geo. T. Moore, a student of Professor Farlow at Harva1'd, and who had carried on research prev- iously during the administration of Dr. Trelease. The introduction of Dr. Moore into the Directorship was followed by an unprecedented expansion of all the activities of the Garden, he being supported in his plans and their execution by the generosity of the Board of Trustees. Large plant-growing houses were con- structed, special laboratories for scienlitic investigation were added, and tracts of land were reclaimed for the outdoor cultivation of the hardier plants. Additions were made to the herbarium and library, the staff was enlarged. The library has been fortunate in securing the splendid collection of Pre-Linnaean works, known the Sturtevant Library, one of the most nearly complete collections of old Herbals and similar works in the world. A few years ago a garden for the grow- N bs. ...-I Q ffl. 3 2 L... pq 1 r Page Eiglityffwo

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----as Dnfscnllsro e----- ing of medicinal plants was established, so that students of medicine and phar- macy now have the rare opportunity of examining the objects of the vegetable materia medica in the living state. The extension of the Garden 'has demanded wider resources, and an immense tract of land was purchased several years ago at Gray's Summit, bordering the Meramec River, which is now in course of development. The Missouri Botanical Garden is famous throughout the world, and its fame rests upon a solid foundation. The Missouri Botanical Garden has always held a prominent place in my spiritual landscape, I Hrst saw it in my boyhood, far back in the eighteen eighties. A visit to the Garden was a formidable affair in those days for those who did not have the command of horses and a carriage. The only tram line that came within a reasonable distance of it had its terminus at Grand Avenue and Arsenal Street, the southwest corner of Tower Grove Park. Then came a half-mile walk through Tower Grove Park and another of about a quarter mile along what is now Tower Grove Avenue, to the entrance. All about the Garden was country, South Grand Avenue was a muddy industry highway, according to meteoric con- ditions, with a few country mansions on either side. Kingshighway was a road passing through a mysterious hinterland known only to market gardeners. To the south of Tower Grove Park were farms and near what is now Russell Place, even coal was mined on a modest scale. Then came extensive woods, with clearings here and there, where fire-clay was dug. It all sounds, now, like a dim tradition! A trip to Shaw's Garden was planned a week in advance and assumed the dimensions of an expedition. But, the magic gates passed, all the antecedent dis- comforts were forgotten. In the glow of calm which the afternoon sun evoked, we became but one eager eye and the plodding, commonplace, work-a-day world receded into the realm of the non-existent. Vtfhat is mortal of Henry Shaw rests in the mausoleum which was con- structed under his own direction in the Garden. His recumbent figure rests on the tomb, the image of a man in a quiet sleep in surroundings to which he hopes to awake again after his repose. His hand holds a rose. It is a fit symbol. N 7 lyiziir TJ Page Eighty-Three