22 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
On November 19, about twenty-five of the former pupils 
thered for an informal meeting of the Missouri Botanical 
den Alumni Association. The program was given in the 
November BuLierin, 
HERBARIUM 
Marked progress has been made during the year, particu- 
larly in the critical study of certain groups of plants and the 
further organization of material in the general herbarium. 
Additional cases have been fitted up in the gallery of the 
museum building for the growing aorta of parasitic and 
fleshy fungi, and a new steel case has been installed for the 
reception of special sets of exsiccata. 
New Accessions.—A relatively large number of accessions 
has been received, some of the more important of which are 
the following: E. Bartholomew, “North American Uredi- 
nales,” Cent. XII, XIII, XIV, Nos. 1101-1400, and “Fungi 
Columbiani,” Cent. XLVI, Nos. 4501-4600; Botanic Gar- 
den of Pisa, lichens and fungi of Italy; T. S. Brandegee, 
plants of Mexico, collected by ©. A. Purpus in 1914; Bureau 
of Science, Manila, plants of the Philippine Islands; B. F. 
Bush, plants of Missouri; Ira W. Clokey, plants of Illinois; 
F. 8. Collins, ‘“Phycotheca Boreali-Americana,” Nos. 2001— 
2050; Dr. F. V. Coville, plants of Mexico, collected by Dr. 
Edward Palmer in 1910; Dr. A. R. Davis, plants of Cali- 
fornia and the ae Islands; Rev. John Davis, plants 
of Missouri; Prof. John Dearness, thelephoraceous fungi 
from British Columbia and Ontario; J. A. Drushel, plants 
of Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Colorado, and 
California; Miss Charlotte Ellis, plants of New Mexico; Prof. 
A. W. Evans, Hepaticae of Jamaica; Prof. W. G. Farlow, 
fungi from various localities, and mosses from Trinidad and 
Granada, W. I.; O. A. Farwell, plants of Michigan; Prof. 
J. H. Faull, fungi from Canada; G. W. Freiberg, lants of 
Minnesota; R. Friedlander & Sohn, Sydow’s “Mycotheca 
beg ha Fase. XXV, XXVI, Nos. 1201-1300; P. W. 
raff, fungi from Connecticut; J. M. Greenman, Krieger’s 
“Schadliche Pilze,” and miscellaneous plants from various 
localities; A. A. Heller, plants of California; Th. Holm, 
lants of Porto Rico, M land, Virginia, and Colorado; J. 
. Holzinger, plants of New Mexico; Dr. Alfred L. Kam- 
merer, plants of New Mexico and Washi gton; J. H. Kel- 
loge pitts of Missouri; Dr. W. H. Long, fungi from Arizona 
and New Mexico; John Macoun, fungi of British Columbia; 
E. 0. Matthews, fungi, lichens, mosses, and hepatics; Dr. 
W. A. Murrill, thelephoraceous fungi from western United 
