. Biology in America. Biology. 64 Biology in America the garden passed into tlic hands of a board of trustees to be administered as a public garden and a research school of botany. On this foundation has risen the Missouri Botanical Garden of the present, with its splendid conservatories and her- barium; its library containing among thousands of modern botanical works some of the rarest of those dealing with the earliest studies on the exploration of plant and animal life in America; and its research laboratory where the faculty and graduate students of botany in the university may. A Glimpse
. Biology in America. Biology. 64 Biology in America the garden passed into tlic hands of a board of trustees to be administered as a public garden and a research school of botany. On this foundation has risen the Missouri Botanical Garden of the present, with its splendid conservatories and her- barium; its library containing among thousands of modern botanical works some of the rarest of those dealing with the earliest studies on the exploration of plant and animal life in America; and its research laboratory where the faculty and graduate students of botany in the university may. A Glimpse of the New York Botanical Garden Courtesy 0/ the Garden. prosecute their studies. The popular conception of a botanical garden as that of a museum of living plants for display purposes is admirably realized in the arboretum and conservatories of the garden, while the less popular, but far more important function of research is equally well per- formed in its well equipped laboratories. The field of activity covered by the garden is limited only by the bounds of botanical knowledge. No problem is too abstruse or too practical for its attention. In all of its educational features, in display as well as in research, the Garden occupies one of the most important places in American Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Young, R. T. (Robert Thompson), b. 1874. Boston, R. G. Badger
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