102 - MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Locust) at 10:30 sharp, arriving at the Garden 
at about 1:00 o’clock. 
1:00 P.M. Lunch at the Garden. 
2:00 P.M. Graduate Lecture Room. 
Address of Welcome - - Director George T. Moore 
“Tue History anp Functions or BoranicAL GARDENS” 
Assistant Director Arthur W. Hill 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England 
“THe PHYLOGENETIC TAXONOMY OF THE FLOWERING 
PLANTs”’ 
Professor Charles E. Bessey 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 
“DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORWEGIAN FiorRA SINCE THE ICE 
AGE” 
Professor N. Wille 
University of Christiania, Christiania, Norway 
“Tig VEGETATION OF Mona ISLAND” 
Director in Chief N. L. Britton 
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. 
“Tp SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE IMPERIAL BoTANIC 
GARDEN OF PETER THE GREAT, WITH SPECIAL 
REFERENCE TO THE FLORA oF ASIA” 
: Dr. Wladimir I. Lipsky 
Jardin Impérial Botanique de Pierre le Grand, St. Petersburg, Russia 
“COMPARATIVE CARPOLOGY OF CRUCIFERAE WITH VESICULAR 
Fruits — Some GENERAL BIOLOGICAL AND 
SysteMATICcC ConcLusIoNns” 
, Director J. Briquet 
Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville Geneve, Geneva, 
Switzerland 
“THE ORIGIN OF MONOCOTYLEDONY” 
Professor John M. Coulter 
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 
8:30—11:30P.M. Reception. Director’s Residence. 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 
10:30 A.M. Special personally conducted trip through 
the conservatories and grounds of the Garden. 
Opportunity will be given during the morning 
for those who wish to spend time in the library 
_ or herbarium. 
