. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. Music Pavilion, Fcrest Park. SAIXT LOUIS 85. Shaws Garden. THE PARKS INCLUDING SHAWSGJRDEN The most beautiful place in Saint Louis, isShaws Garden, (also known as the Missouri Bo-tanical Garden) at Flora and Tower Grove Ave-nues, including about one hundred acres, enclosedbv a stone wall. This was formerly the home ofHenry Shaw, and by him dedicated to this laudablepurpose, with provision made for its maintenance. Here every variety of flower and shrub is de-veloped to its highest perfection. The hot-housesand green-houses are all arranged wi
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. Music Pavilion, Fcrest Park. SAIXT LOUIS 85. Shaws Garden. THE PARKS INCLUDING SHAWSGJRDEN The most beautiful place in Saint Louis, isShaws Garden, (also known as the Missouri Bo-tanical Garden) at Flora and Tower Grove Ave-nues, including about one hundred acres, enclosedbv a stone wall. This was formerly the home ofHenry Shaw, and by him dedicated to this laudablepurpose, with provision made for its maintenance. Here every variety of flower and shrub is de-veloped to its highest perfection. The hot-housesand green-houses are all arranged with scientificaccuracy, filled with the finest specimens of rareand curious vegetation. Shaws Garden is knownthe world over as one of rare beauty. It is open to visitors every day in the week, ex-cept Sunday, and on two Sundays in the year, thefirst in June and the first in September, it is alsoopen to visitors, when an effort is made to have ondisplav all the especially rare and beautiful plants. 86 SAINT LOUIS An average of fifteen or sixteen thousand visit thegarden on these days, the larg
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