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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9721, 17 January 1895, Page 3

The Missouri botanical garden is designed eventually to fulfil for St. Louis and the State of Missouri the same sorb of work that is accomplished here by Kew. It owes it origin to Mr. Shaw, an Englishman, long settled in St. Louis, and who lefb considerable property for the purpose. The legator also arranged that an annual banquet should be . held for both botanists and gardeners, and that a flower-sermon should be preached once a year, so that the souls and bodies of the gardening community shall alike be benefited. The fifth annual report contains an eloquent and appropriate sermon by Bishop Dudley, a report of the work done in the garden during the year, as also a note of the banquet aforesaid. The scientific papers by Dr. Trelease, the director, and others, include " Monographic Sketches of the American Willows, Maples, and other Plants." At the last sitting of the conference of the English Land Colonisation Society, recently held in London, Mr. Fletcher advocated the afforestment of the 26,000,000 acres of so-called "waste land" in -the United Kingdom, as a means of affording work for the unemployed. While some compensation might have to be given by the Slate for certain kinds of waste land, where the land was absolutely worthless he would give nothing for it. Even vast tracts of land now covered , with coal dusb and cinder heaps in the region of exhausted coalmines were capable of being afforested. The New Boy has quickly discovered that Shackelford has the newest and best assortment in gent's hats, bows, scarves, shirts, collars,: ew., next;, Savings - Bank* Queenstreet. _