MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 9 
Alexander Lurie, October 26, before the Household 
Science Club of Belleville, at the Carnegie Library, “The 
Storage of Vegetables.” 
Hermann von Schrenk, November 18, before the Kirk- 
wood Monday Evening Club, “My Summer in the Garden.” 
George H. Pring, November 22, before the St. Louis Gar- 
deners’ Association, “The Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.” 
George T. Moore, November 26, Public Lecture Course of 
Washington. University, “The Evolutionary Consequences of 
the War.” 
George H. Pring, December 6, before convention of Na- 
tional Gardeners’ Association, Chicago, “The Botanic Gar- 
dens, Kew, England.” 
George H. Pring, December 12, before convention of Mis- 
souri Horticultural Society, Kansas City, “Aquatic Gardens.” 
Graduates, Fellows and Investigators—During the sea- 
son of 1916-17 there were registered for graduate work 
sixteen students, as follows: Ruth Beattie, instructor in 
botany, Wellesley College; W. W. Bonns, Rufus J. Lack- 
land Rasoicth Fellow; C. W. Dodge, Lackland Research 
Fellow; Lucy D. Foote, teacher, St. Louis Public Schools; 
G. W. Freiberg, formerly research assistant; I. C. Hoffman, 
industrial fellow, Purdue University; H. M. Jennison, as- 
sistant in botany, Washington University; A. Lurie, horti- 
culturist, Missouri Botanical Garden; D.C. Neal, Lackland 
Research Fellow; Alice Pickel; L. J. Pessin, Lackland Re- 
search Fellow; W. S. Reeves, scientific assistant to the 
Director; H. Schmitz, Lackland Research Fellow; J. W. 
Severy, teaching fellow, Washington University; R. A. 
Studhalter, assistant bacteriologist, Montana Agricultural 
Experiment Station; S. M. Zeller, special research assistant, 
Yellow Pine Association. Owing to the operations of the 
draft, to voluntary enlistment in public service, and to the 
great demand for scientific men in botanical and agricul- 
tural work, the number of students has been reduced for the 
season of 1917-18, and the following are registered for reg- 
ular graduate work: W. W. Bonns, Anne W. Davis, C. W. 
Dodge, Lucy D. Foote, H. M. Jennison and E. B. Payson. 
In addition, the following visiting investigators have been 
in residence, using the facilities of the saniines laboratory, 
namely, Dr. E. R. Allen and Dr. S. M. Zeller. 
Appointments to the Rufus J. Lackland fellowships for 
1917-18 were made prior to the entrance of the United States 
into the war, with the following result: W. W. Bonns, 8. B. 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1899, B. 8. A. Cor- 
nell University, 1909, reappointed third year; W. H. Cham- 
