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1.  Early plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1857.

Early plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1857. Possibly drawn by Henry Shaw. Written near bottom reads "Lands and Buildings intended to be left for the support of the Missouri Botanical Garden by the founder H.S." 



1857

2.  General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden 1905.

General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden looking west showing changes suggested by landscape architectect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1905. Only the two ponds in the southwest section were actually constructed. 



1905

3.  General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden 1905.

General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden looking west showing changes suggested by landscape architectect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1905. Only the two ponds in the southwest section were actually constructed. 



1905

4.  General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden 1905.

General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden looking west showing changes suggested by landscape architectect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1905. Only the two ponds in the southwest section were actually constructed. 



1905

5.  Preliminary General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden 1897.

General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden looking west showing changes suggested by landscape architectects F.L and J.C. Olmsted in 1897. Only the two ponds in the southwest section were actually constructed. 



1897

6.  Preliminary General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden 1897.

General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden looking west showing changes suggested by landscape architects F.L and J.C. Olmsted in 1897. 



1897

7.  Preliminary General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden 1897.

General Plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden looking west showing changes suggested by landscape architectects F.L and J.C. Olmsted in 1897. Only the two ponds in the southwest section were actually constructed. 



1897

8.  Compton & Dry 1875 map of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Compton & Dry 1875 map of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 



1875

9.  Missouri Botanical Garden, 1917

Map of the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1917. 



1917

10.  Missouri Botanical Garden. American Synoptical Collection. Typical Cross Section for Shores of Pond and Brook.

Drawing on paper showing cross sections of water features in Olmsted Plan Synoptical Garden. This would become the North Anerica Tract. The cross sections show order of clay, stone chips and gravel that will line the water features. 



1897

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