94 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Dr. Joseph Erlanger, Head of the Department of Physiol- 
ogy, Washington University Medical School, gave an address 
before the graduate seminar, April 12, on “Faradic Stimuli: 
A Physical-Physiological Study.” 
Dr. Hermann von Schrenk, Pathologist to the Garden, 
presided at the meeting of the Douglas Fir Manufacturers 
Association, and at the American Society for Testing Ma- 
terials, at Seattle, Washington, April 6-8. 
Among the visitors to the Garden during March were Mr. 
J. B. Swayne, florist and mushroom grower, Kennett Square, 
Pennsylvania, and Mr. B. H. Slavis, Assistant Superin- 
tendent Park Department, Rochester, New York. 
The position of Horticulturist to the Garden has been 
filled by the appointment of Mr. Alexander Lurie. Mr. 
Lurie is a graduate of Cornell University, and has been in 
charge of greenhouses and ornamentals, Greening Bros. 
Nurseries, Monroe, Michigan, and Instructor in Floriculture, 
in charge of greenhouses and grounds, University of Maine. 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR MARCH, 1916 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
total: numberof yinitors. 8,872 
PLANT ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of plants received in exchange.............- 26 
Total number of packets of seeds received in exchange....- 14 
PLant Distripution : 
Total number of plants distributed in exchange 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of books and pamphlets bought...... Peet rs 55 
ee ee 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated............ 157 
HERBARIUM ACCESSIONS: 
By Purchase ~ 
E. Bartholomew —“North American Uredinales,” Cents. 
XV and XVI, Nos. 1401-1600... 2. 5c ee 200 
By Gift — 
E. Bartholomew—Fungi from the Pacific ere eee 9 
W. ©. Coker—Fungi from Chapel Hill, North Carolina..... 6 
J. A. Drushel—Flowering plants from Alabama, Missouri, 
Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and California............... 54 
W. G. Farlow—Fungi from New England and Venezuela... 39 
C. H. Kauffman — Fungi from New York, Michigan, and 
Washington 0565. 3.2 ee 52 
Meyer Brothers, Druggists—Chrysanthemwmn ci iae- 
folium (Trev.) Boce. ......... i es 1 
