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the normal way. The test at the Garden, however, does not 
warrant such a conclusion, as the crop harvested weighed 
but 100 grams, or only one-fifth of the amount planted. 
Another method advocated for those who have not suf- 
ficient garden space to grow potatoes in the ground consists 
of using several bins placed one upon the other. These are 
filled with rich soil and planted in the ordinary manner 
with pieces of potatoes containing one or more strong eyes. 
In the test at the Garden 5,000 grams of potatoes planted 
in this manner yielded but 470 grams. 
Results obtained from one year’s test at the Garden would 
indicate, therefore, that neither of these two special methods 
are worthy of serious consideration for those who have to 
grow potatoes under the rather unfavorable conditions which 
must always obtain in this vicinity. 
NOTES 
An article on “Fall Planting” by Mr. Alexander Lurie, 
Horticulturist to the Garden, appeared in the October num- 
ber of the Garden Magazine. 
Dr. George T. Moore, Director of the Garden, has been 
appointed Director of the Productions Division of the United 
States Food Administration for St. Louis. 
Prof. E. T. Bartholomew, Assistant Professor of Botany, 
University of Wisconsin, accompanied by Mrs. Barthol- 
omew, visited the Garden September 20, on their return 
east from California. 
Mr. R. S. Kirby, who is engaged upon cereal rust in- 
vestigations for the. United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, spent several days at the Garden recently and has es- 
tablished here experimental plots for rust “wintering over” 
tests. 
The Se eg issue of the Journal of the International 
Garden Club contains an article on “Wild Plants in Orna- 
mental Planting” by Mr, Alexander Lurie, Horticulturist 
to the Garden, and one on “Cycads” by Mr. G. H. Pring, 
Floriculturist to the Garden. 
Volume V, Number 38, of the Annals of the Missouri 
Botanical Garden has been issued with the following 
contents: 
“The Thelephoraceae of North America. IX.” E. A. Burt. 
“A New Selaginella from Mexico.” J. M. Greenman 
and Norma E. Pfeiffer. 
