MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 113 
Dr. R. R. Gates, who has been working in the library 
and herbarium for several months, has returned to resume 
his work at the Garden after a trip to California where he 
attended the meetings of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science. 
Mr. C. H. Thompson, Assistant Botanist, after a service 
of sixteen years in various capacities at the Missouri Botan- 
ical Garden, resigns September 1 to accept a position as 
Assistant Professor of Horticulture at the Massachusetts 
Agricultural College, Amherst, Massachusetts. 
Recent visitors at. the Garden include Prof. A. T. Erwin 
of Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, one of the early graduates 
of the Garden course, Mr. A. G. Endres of the City Forester’s 
office, Prof. Budington of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 
Professor H. 8. Jackson, Professor of Botany at the Oregon 
Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon, and Dr. L. H. Pen- 
nington, Professor of Forest Pathology at the New York 
State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, 
New York. 
The Wardian case exhibited in the Nepenthes House, was 
planted November 16, 1914, with specimens of Casuarina 
stricta, Canarium commune, Cerbera Odollam, Adenanthera 
pavonina, Lagunaria Patersonii, and Cassia calliantha. The 
practical use of the Wardian case was demonstrated when it 
was iu peckss on August 17, 1915, and showed the lagun- 
aria, adenanthera, and cassia still in good condition, hav- 
ing been for nine months without water or open exposure 
to the air. Owing to the interest shown by visitors the. case 
has been repacked with tender tropical plants for further 
demonstration. 
