MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 17 
Instruction, Lectures, Etc.—Courses offered in the Shaw 
School of Botany by the members of the staff of research and 
instruction during 1912-1913 were twelve in number, includ- 
ing General Botany, Bacteriology, Morphology and Tax- 
onomy of the Fungi, Morphology and Taxonomy of the 
Algae, og omens and Taxonomy of the Spermatophytes, 
Advanced Physiology, Sanitary Bacteriology, Taxonomy, 
Seminar, and Research in several phases of botany. 
During the year the following lectures were delivered in 
St. Louis and vicinity: 
Geo. T. Moore, May 19th, before the St. Louis Academy 
of Science, “Speculations on the Origin of Life.” 
Geo. T. Moore, Oct. 21st, before the Science Section of the 
Wednesday Club of St. Louis, “Conservation of the Soil.” 
Geo. T. Moore, Dec. 2d, before the Garden Club of Web- 
eo “The Organization and Work of the Garden 
u ae 
Geo. T. Moore, Dec. 3d, before the Alumni Assoc. of the 
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, “The Missouri Botanical Gar- 
den and Its Relation to the Public.” 
B. M. Duggar, March 20th, before the St. Louis Biological 
See ears Production of Enzymes in Certain Filamentous 
gi.” 
B. M. Duggar, April 21st, before the Academy of Science, 
“The Significance of Color in Plants.” 
B. M. Duggar, May 21st, before the Scientific Association 
of the University of Missouri, ‘The Physiological Signifi- 
cance and Heredity of Color in Plants.” 
H. von Schrenk addressed the October meeting of the 
St. Louis Chapter of the Am. Institute of Architects on 
“Modern Uses of Timber.” 
J. M. Greenman, April 15th, before the Tuesday Club, 
“'T rees,’’ 
J. M. Greenman, Dec. 1st, before the Academy of Science, 
“The Flora of the Gulf Coastal Plain.” 
C. H. Thompson, before the Neighborhood House and 
Boyle Memorial Center, “The Construction, Preparation and 
Planting of a Window Box.” 
An unusual number of inquiries from the people of St. 
Louis and vicinity, relative to all aspects of botany and 
horticulture, have been answered by members of the staff. 
The wider publicity which has been given to the increasing 
