154 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
A meeting of the Missouri Botanical Garden Alumni As- 
sociation was held in the graduate lecture room of the Mis- 
souri Botanical Garden on November 19. It being a called 
meeting, no business was transacted, but an interesting 
program was presented. Dr. George T. Moore, Director of 
the Garden, spoke informally, and Mr. A. R. Gross responded 
on behalf of the alumni with a review of the year’s work 
of the Association. Mr. John Noyes, Landscape Designer to 
the Garden, read a paper on “The Pursuit of Beauty,” and 
in the afternoon Mr. L. P. Jensen spoke on “The Use of 
Native Material for Ornamental Planting.” After a discus- 
sion and reports of committees, the meeting was adjourned. 
In addition to the St. Louis members, the following from 
out of town attended: Mr. Charles W. Deusner of Batavia, 
Illinois; Mr. A. R. Gross and Mr. Rudolph J. Mohr of 
Chicago; Mr. Walter H. Nehrling of Charleston, Illinois; 
Mr. J. Hollister Tull of Mena, Arkansas. The president, 
Mr. Arno H. Nehrling, of Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 
lege, was unable to be present but sent an interesting letter 
which was read. 
