The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
Famous Botanical Exhibit Wei
Prepared for Visitors
To-Day.
MANY BIBLICAL FLOWERS.
Donors viii Provides That
Places Shall BE Open the First
Sundays in juno and
September.

ShaS's Garden. have the greenhouses
and tha grounds been in such good con-
ditioa as they are this summer. The cool
summer and abundant rains have been
very favorable 70 vegetation. And the a..
icisis have carefully STUDIED the planting
ana have done everything IN their poxey
70 make sh.-ws Garden meet with the ex.
peotations OF the Worlds Fair visitors.
To-day Tiil b the second and last open
sunday Of this year. and IL Il expected
mat the number az visitors will greatly
exceed that % previous years. Every
day during the week thousands O. visi-
tors have passed through the gate and
nave spent hours In the greenhouses and
tAe grounds. studying the queer forms os
plant life Visitors 10 the World. FaI-
ana - Louis do EOi consider their sight
seeing complete unless they thev vfs.,.4
me famous Shaw's Garden. for Z. f..
known all OYER the world.
ACCORDING to will OF the donor. the LAT.
fenfy Shaw. the garden is open to nm.
public every week day from, s,,nrssa ~,
sunset. and two Sundays each year ,,o,,
D m until sunset. the frsr SUNDAY q,
June and the first Sunday IL, Sen,.nher
Inc Inadequate street car servtce 70 .hi.
h''ef point % Interest Is greatly rexret-
lei % all the visitors. az veil az -.
-+h officials and the citizens 0. 81. I-ou,.
OuF.ng the last three months III. car ssr-
vice leading 10 Sha~'s Gar;eu f. aecassitI.
o-IJ by way OF the Vandeventer ave,ra
car Hne' there being no direct line 10 m,
s-r1en- But to-day every other "a, n,
ne Thoufeaa avenue line will 90 d.rec-
!" shaT Garfen and Tower Grove Par1.
Nhi.e al the Transit lines will transfer 4,
ms sanceventer and Chouteau r,rs
Among the many interesting thing. 20 r.
seen az shaw's Garden il one az the mo-,
complete collection o: biblical plants in
u-s SoFid Nearly every species Of ver.-
'dIoh mentioned in the Scripture IL repra.
seh'ei oy specimens at the garden. MANY
Oh these plants are interviewer With tLat
P"e'ic symbolism which bes 1tifes reIixto,
BIBLICAL PLANTS.
'!si' 10 the garden this afternoon a,d
ea'-iGI study OF the Biblical plant, rfu
u "a 'tse!f an educatfoa for Sunday-schaoi
pup.is ana all students of the creates, ~
All oo'Es-ihe Bible This Interesting COL
!-Suoh was formed under the stIoervisin,,
a. a. JaIi-s S-Eney. gardener espert.us OF
$500 rst zen. and for years The heal
plants On oioiicai
ms interesting group OF plants IL To-
IA ,ty rs, vest OF the cacti house and az.
az plainly labeled. also giving the nss.s1s
q scripture in which thew are rne5fioncg
A.,toAs tnem Will be found the aInord
osh. AyrTh. sycamore olive carob. palm
nc-5.e-s, ~ ''I-' mustard. aiisoice. cedar,
&, When.yer a plant or fruit is spoken OF
~ tne bioie by the prophets. IL l. aIways
symbolic 4 close study Of the life cber
acter and habit Of the plant or fruit used
VII snow that better emblem could aot
nave been selected Take the almond free
ne eihnlsin o, fastening IL has been re-
prev name snaked'-which means tp
hasten In The early spring you NAV ex-
ANNE the Tree and not se- sign OF life.
40 IN & day or tao afterwards you will
De surpris"! To IND IL in full bloom Thi,
symbol IS marked with emphasis in Jere-
West Of the Biblical plants f. another
interesting collection which Ways a very
important part in the life Of man. This il
n" collection cf economic plants noted
ior tAeiT useful. medicinal and poisonous
pfOpertles- A few Of them are the Manila
hemp- from which manila yaper and rops
are made. the New Zealand fax. from
which coarse sacks are made coffee Gin
narrlon. tea. pepper. olives. fox-gIove. from
which diS!taiis l. extracted. camphor.
BoehTer.a Nive-G a nettle. from the fiber
OF which ia made -sereSueEnr
ORCHID HOUSE
The orchid house is nv a better co,fi-
ton than 1t has ever been before. Since
purchased. amounting to several thousand
dollar II Il now the largest collection in
the world II comprises leo distinct
kinds 81 orchids. There 80 forms nf the
lady slipper orchid. about forty different
species. are In bloom today among them
are the cycnoches macilatin and the eye
noche5 WsrsZewiczii or the sswn orchid.
80 called on account Of its graceful flow
erS- Another interesting orchid which
visitors viii find IN bloom is the o-l-idi,,m
pspilio. or the butterfly orchid. Tn. flow
eTs OF this plant resembles the butterfly.
In the pineapple house. which Is Just
vest Of IN. orchid house. are many inter-
estins plant forms. among them the vanilla
vine. from which We get one Of the prin-
ciral fAvC-inC extracts
The collections OF succul.nt plants and
cacti are the best in the world. They are .
the most complete and the largest. Doc
Tor Tre!ease has been making a special
study OF these forms OF plant life for
some time He has personally collected :,
number OF the best species OF yuccss tina;
are now In the garden
The succulent Eupborbia or milk plapt
collection is confused with the cactI
While they are very similar in habit and
form. yet they are widely different spe-
ciss The Euphoroia Is the plant of the
African deserts. and the cscti the plant
The Chinese rose is 81 plant that IL at
tracing the attention OF visitors said
Professor c Il Irish. superintendent OF
what IL Is. and II IL IL easily grown.
don't see any special beauty about tho
plant. except that 10 IS very zuaGy Ie
a. they enter the gate. and they rave over
There arc many interesting forms OF
plant life In the various buildings and
around the grounds. In the grounds the
blue "vish-bone" plant claims a Eoodly
share OF attention
THE PITCHER PLANT.
In the East India house IN the pitcher
plant When the plant IL IN bloom Il
catches nies and beetles. Tho flower
gives forth poisonous secretion which
the nutrition afforded BY the insects. II
S one OF the carnivorOus plants
In the main greenhouse IS the Panama
palm from which Panama hats are msfs;
the banana palm In fruit. the rattan palm.
ne coco1nut palm and the rattlexnAko
plant Its flowers are formed Ike the rat
lies Of the rattleSnake: hence the name.
The PRINT belongs tn the ginger fairly.
It's leaves arc somewhat like the
leaves OF the elephants ears
a silingie plant IS also found IN this
building. II gets its name from the over
apping OF its leaves
A visit to ShaE's Garden will not b
complete unless Tower Grove Park r. VS.
To the city Of St Louis from the Sams
nan. the late Henry Shaw. and their pres
mt beauty IS due TO the skill Of the same
nan-James Quincy. who IL superfntend-
The water lilies OF Tower Grove are the
inest 10 the world Tower Grove Park IL :
ioted for being the home of the winter
md created new plants until Tower Grove
Park can boast Of the finest collection ever
,roduced- Thousands Of visitors stand on
he edge OF the iily pond every day and