MISSOURI BOTANICAL G#RDEN BULLETIN 27 
before the St. Louis Natural History Museum Association 
on “Insect Pollination in Flowers.” 
The graduate lecture room at the Garden, as well as a 
large room in the basement, has been turned over to the 
Red Cross as a branch for the making of surgical dressings. 
This is the first surgical dressing shop to be opened on the 
South Side and is being well attended. 
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On January 1, Dr. B. M. Duggar, Physiologist to the 
Garden, lectured before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 
Sciences on “The Significance of Plant Diseases and the 
General Problems of Parasitism.” He also presented a 
paper, on February 4, before the St. Louis section of the 
American Chemical Society on ‘Some Refinements in the 
Indicator Method of Hydrogen-Ion Determinations.” 
Among the recent visitors to the Garden were Dr. J. R. 
Wier, Forest Pathologist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Missoula, Montana; Dr. Clifford H. Farr, of Texas Agri- 
cultural and Mechanical College; Prof. E. Meade Wilcox, 
of University of Nebraska; Dr. R. A. Studhalter, formerly 
Rufus J. Lackland Research Fellow, now Assistant Forest 
Pathologist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, San Fran- 
cisco; Miss Ruth Beattie, Instructor in Botany, Wellesley 
College; and Mr. G. P. Van Eseltine, of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
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During March the Monday Afternoon Lecture Course of 
Washington University, held in Graham Memorial Chapel 
at 4:30 P. M., will consist of a series of talks on “Garden- 
ing,” by members of the Garden staff. The dates and sub- 
jects for these are as follows: 
1, March 4. Vegetable Gardens; Their Use and Misuse....... 
Die wae ae Cs CEE be ee ee George T. Moore. 
2. March 11. Production and Food Values........... B. M. Duggar. 
BO: Maren 18s Wat Co Pants soi ee aeons Alexander Lurie. 
40 Marth Phir BOW 16 Pane ee as i es Alexander Lurie. 
