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passed on to the discussion of a subject with which he felt 
more familiar. 
‘‘In those days there was not the well-organized staff and 
the division of labor which exist at the Garden today. The 
job of head gardener often included about everything—time- 
keeper, label-writer, foreman, and what not. Careful, method- 
ical, always on the job, courteous, and even-tempered even 
under trying conditions, the work of Mr. Gurney deserves an 
important place in the early-day history of the Garden and ~ 
Tower Grove Park, and the Garden pupils of his day remem- 
ber his labors in their behalf with reverence and apprecia- 
tion.”’ 
NOTES 
Mr. L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist to the Garden, spoke be- 
fore the St. Louis Garden Club, January 20, on ‘‘The Use 
of Nature Plants in Gardens.”’ 
Dr. C. W. Dodge, formerly Rufus .J. Lackland Fellow, has 
recently been appointed Head of the Department of Botany 
at Brown University, Providence, R. I. 
Mr. G. H. Pring, Horticulturist to the Garden, talked be- 
fore the St. Louis Natural History Museum Association, at 
the Central Library, February 18, on ‘‘Curiosities of Plant 
Life.’’ 
Mr. L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist to the Garden, represented 
the National Gardeners’ Association at the meeting of the 
Board of Directors of American Florists and Ornamental 
Horticulturists, at Cleveland, January 23-24. 
Recent visitors to the Garden include Dr. I. S. Maclean, of 
the University of London, January 30; Dr. A. H. R. Buller, 
Professor of Botany, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Can- 
ada, February 7; Mr. R. J. Mohr, of Chicago, a former 
pupil in the School for Gardening, Iebruary 21. 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR JANUARY, 1920 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
‘Potal: NUM PSr OL VISILOIA. 6a iio waa sees teh eaw her ha > 3,599 
PLANT ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of plants received as gifts.............. 1 
Total number of plants distributed in exchange........ 2 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of books and pamphlets bought......... 58 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated........ 52 
