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1. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference 1901 Photo and bio of Henry Shaw (1800-1889), a Missouri "merchant and benefactor" native to England and emigrating to Saint Louis about 1818 before founding the Missouri Botanical Gardens there in the 1850s....
2. George Moore George Moore 1930 Biographical sketch of George Thomas Moore, or George Moore, "director of the Missouri Botanical Garden at Saint Louis" since 1912. Born in Indianapolis in 1871 and moving to Missouri in 1909 as "a botanist...
3. In the Garden In the Garden June 2007 Article features color photos of blown-glass creations by artist Dale Chihuly in the Missouri Botanical Garden including the "Walla Walla Onions," "Sunset Herons," the "Blue Chandelier,' which consists...
4. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Close-up view of Nymphaea lily in Missouri Botanical Garden.
5. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Rice plants at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis.
6. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Former main entrance to Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis.
7. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Close view of Nymphaea lily - "M. B. G. 104"
8. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Close view of Nymphaea lily "H. C. Haarstick"
9. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Close view of Nymphaea lily - "Missouri"
10. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Close view of Nymphaea lily - "C. E. Hutchings"
11. Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden 1936-10-09 Close view of Nymphaea lily - "Henry Shane"
12. Missouri Botanical Garden, Water Lily Missouri Botanical Garden, Water Lily 1936-10-09 Close up of "Emily Grant Hutchings" water lily.
13. Missouri Botanical Gardens Missouri Botanical Gardens
14. Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture 1928 Photo of the "Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, as it appeared in 1866, [b]egun in 1858 by Henry Shaw, of St. Louis."
15. People People September//1991 Photo and description of Frank Theis, a landscape architect with Theis Doolittle Associates, designers of the Overland Park Botanical Gardens, and a grandson of Frank Theis, "a famous park commissioner."...
16. Powell Gardens Takes Shape Powell Gardens Takes Shape October//1990 Article about the Powell Botanical Gardens, a tourist spot for horticulturalists "[s]ome 30 miles east of Kansas City on Highway 50," with 52,000 visitors in 1989 and projections for a 50-year expansion...
17. The Legacy of Henry Shaw The Legacy of Henry Shaw Fall 1973 Photos and biographical article about Henry Shaw (1800-1889), founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis, Missouri. Native of England emigrating to Saint Louis "in 1819 as an enterprising...