D MISSOURI BOTANICAL HARDEN BULLETIN 



meeting of the National Association of Gardeners in St. Louis 

 on September 15. Some two hundred were in attendance and 

 Dr. von Schrenk, Pathologist to the Garden, gave an illus- 

 trated talk on "Trees of the Pacific Coast." An interesting 

 event in connection with the meeting of the National Associat- 

 ion of Gardeners was the presentation of a gold medal to Mi-. 

 George II. Pring, Horticulturist to the Garden, for the crea- 

 tion of the magnificent new water-lily, "Mrs. Edwards 

 Whitaker." This was the second time that a gold medal had 

 been awarded by the Association. 



Vocational Training for Ex-Soldiers, and School for Gar- 

 dening.— The work begun last year of providing special in- 

 struction in gardening for soldiers has been continued. In 

 addition to the opportunities for practical work there have 

 been offered special courses of lectures in plant materials, 

 horticulture, water gardens, and other subjects calculated to 

 be of essential importance. During the year there have been 

 eleven men placed at the Garden by the Federal Board for 

 Vocational Education, and, with one or two exceptions, all the 

 students have given earnest and conscientious attention to the 

 work. The fact that each man had to be treated individually, 

 either because of the difference in training and experience 

 or the particular line of work he intended to pursue after 

 leaving the Garden, has made it necessary to depart, entirely 

 from the course as laid down for the School for Gardening. 

 It is hoped that by another year, with new vocational stu- 

 dents and new pupils entering the School for Gardening, a 

 combination may be effected which will make unnecessary this 

 duplication of work. During the year Mr. James Monteith 

 satisfactorily completed his work in the School for Garden- 

 ing, and since September 1 has been landscape architect at 

 the Glen Echo Country Club. Miss Virginia MeMath and 

 Mr. Robert Mitchell have started on their third and last year 

 in the school. 



ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR 1920 



The reconstruction of the main gate, together with the ex- 

 traordinarily large crowds on certain Sundays, has made it 

 impossible to keep as accurate an account of the visitors as 

 in former years. The attendance as listed below, although 

 an increase of thirty per cent over last year, is certainly less 

 than the actual number of visitors who came to the Garden, 

 but is as fair an estimate as could be obtained under exist- 

 ing conditions. With the completion of the new entrance and 



