104 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
August 1, looking over the library, herbarium, laboratories 
and grounds. 
Dr. George V. Nash, Head Gardener of the New York 
Botanical Garden, with his wife and daughter, visited the 
Garden, July 30, on their way east from Seattle, Washing- 
ton. 
On August 10 the Garden was visited by Mr. Adolph 
Rolloff, Director of the State Botanical Garden in Tiflis, 
Russia. Mr. Rolloff is an honorary member of the Trans- 
a Division of the Imperial Russian Society of Flori- 
culture. 
Mr. Wenceslas Kotehetkow, Assistant Russian Govern- 
ment Agricultural Commissioner, and Mr. Wladimir Gener- 
asoff, Secretary of the Russian Government Agricultural 
Agency, were interested visitors at the Garden August 17. 
They were escorted by Mr. Svetlikoff, of the Garden staff. 
Mr. Ernest J. Palmer spent the first two weeks of August 
at the Garden working over the plants obtained during 
the past spring and early summer in the southwest, where 
he has been collecting for the Arnold Arboretum and the 
Missouri Botanical Garden. 
One of the banana plants in the old range of greenhouses 
is now in bloom. Those who are interested should observe 
this plant from time to time and notice the transition from. 
flowers to fruits. An article on the banana will appear in 
an early issue of the BULLETIN. 
An exceptionally fine display of pitcher plants (Nepen- 
thes) is now on exhibit. The pitchers of these plants are 
not uncommonly mistaken, by many people, for flowers, 
whereas they are but modified leaf-blades. The flowers, 
when they do appear, are of but little decorative value and 
usually are cut off so as not to retard the development of the 
pitchers. However, for purposes of demonstration, several 
plants in the collection have been permitted to flower. 
Attention is called to the opening on October 1st of the 
hew courses in gardening, horticulture, landscape architec- 
ture, ete., detailed announcement of which was made in the 
on! Butterin. The applications of those intending to 
take the examinations for the scholarships on September 1st 
are already on file, but those wishing to enroll as students 
aying tuition or to take one or more courses along special 
ines should attend to the matter promptly as the facilities — 
are limited and the indications are that it may be necessary 
to restrict the number of those taking the first year work. 
