MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 87 
On May 10 Dr. George T. Moore, Director of the Garden, 
spoke before the McKinley High School on “Some Applied 
Aspects of Botany.” 
The Annual Flower Sermon, provided for in Mr. Shaw’s 
will, was preached at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, 
May 138, by Rev. James E. Freeman, of St. Mark’s Church, 
Minneapolis. 
On April 25 Mr. Alexander Lurie and Mr. John Noyes, 
respectively Horticulturist and Landscape Designer to the 
Garden, acted as judges of Webster Groves flower gardens 
under the auspices of the Webster Groves Garden Club. 
Mr. C. L. Moody, a graduate of the University of Maine, 
has succeeded Mr. Max Geisler, in charge of trees and shrubs 
at the Garden. Mr. Geisler has been appointed research 
oo with the Forest Service at the Utah Experiment 
tation. 
The following lectures have been given by Mr. Alexander 
Lurie, Horticulturist to the Garden: “Flower Gardens” be- 
fore the Rose Fanning School, April 20; “Questions on 
Vegetables” at the Kirkwood City Hall, May 4, and at Web- 
ster Groves, May 14. 
During the past few weeks members of the scientific and 
Garden staffs and Garden students have given assistance to 
the Women’s Central Committee on Food Conservation by 
testing soils, making demonstrations, and giving talks on 
planning and planting a vegetable garden. 
On May 5 several delegates to the National Conference 
on City Planning at Kansas City visited the Garden, among 
whom were Mr. Nelson P. Lewis, Chief Engineer, Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment, New York City; Mr. Thomas 
Adams, Town Planning Adviser, Commission of Conserva- 
tion, Canada, and Mr. Richard B. Watrous, Secretary, Amer- 
ican Civic Association, Washington, D. C. 
Prof. Charles M. Robinson and several students in city 
planning from the University of Illinois, accom anied by 
Mr. Harland Bartholomew, Engineer for the City Plan Com- 
mission, visited the Garden, April 29. Other recent visitors 
include Dr. B. 0. Dodge and Dr. Brown, of Columbia Uni- 
versity, who are engaged this summer in plant disease ei 
vey work for the Bureau of Plant Industry, and Dr. C. . 
Gregory, on leave of absence from Cornell University, who 
spent a day at the Garden collecting information for the 
Bureau of Plant Industry regarding cereal : 
