The late Henry Shaw, a millionaire of St. Louis, left some three million dollars for the completion and maintenance of the gardens which he developed during many years. The gardens are to be known as the Missouri Botanic Gardens, and in them is to be afforded instruction in all matters of botany and horticulture. A novel feature is the organization of "garden scholarships," by means of which diligent and promising young gardeners are enabled to pursue scientific studies while serving an apprenticeship in gardening. Six of these scholarships are to be filled this spring. These gardens are already well known, and the director, Dr. Wm. Trelease, has won a reputation in several fields of botanical inquiry.

All conditions appear to be favorable at last for the maintenance upon American soil of one of the greatest botanical and horticulturul establishments upon the face of the earth. With the possible exception of Kew, no other institution of the kind can have such an income.