20 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Dr. W. W. Bonns, formerly Rufus J. Lackland Fellow, 
now Director Botanical Research, Eli Lilly Drug Co., Indian- 
apolis, Indiana, recently spent two weeks at the Garden 
utilizing the facilities of the graduate laboratory and library. 
Recent visitors to the mycological herbarium of the Gar- 
den have been Dr. E. A. Bessey, of Michigan Agricultural 
College, Dr. C. H. Kauffman, of the University of Michigan, 
Dr. Mary Whetstone, of the Minneapolis Mycological Club, 
and Dr. H. N. Whetzel, of Cornell University. 
During the meeting of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science and affiliated societies an afternoon 
session was arranged at the Garden on December 31 for the 
Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathologi- 
eal Society, and the American Society of Horticultural 
Science. After a trip of inspection through the greenhouses 
and buildings, a buffet luncheon was served in the labora- 
tories followed by a scientific program. 
The mycological library and herbarium was consulted 
during the meetings of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science by the following: Dr. J. C. Arthur, 
of Purdue University; Dr. H. W. Anderson, of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois; Dr. B. B. Higgins, of Georgia Agricultural 
Experiment Station; Dr. H. 8S. Jackson, of Purdue Univer- 
sity ; Dr. C. E. Fairman, of Lyndonville, New York; Dr. L. O. 
Overholts, of Pennsylvania State College; Dr. C. W. Dodge, 
of Brown University ; and Mr. E. Bethel, of Denver, Colorado. 
