1915] 



ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION BANQUET 11 



our midst. He would be so much more able to express his 

 feelings for America and for the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 which I know he loves so well. But since he is not here, I 

 think it is a great honor for me to express my feelings, and I 

 know that these feelings are the feelings of all the Dutch 

 botanists, who all love botanical gardens, from the day of 

 Boerhaave up to recent times. 



Mr. Chairman and Trustees, and Mr. Director Moore of the 

 Botanical Garden, I thank you in the name of Holland for the 

 delightful day, for the splendid reception I have had here; 

 and if I may express myself in a bit of your American slang 

 at a most solemn banquet, I thank you for the most jolly time 

 I have had in this most delightful bunch of interesting 

 American botanists. 



Geheimer Regierungsrat Dr. 0. Appel, of the Kaiserlichen Biologiachen Anstalt, 

 Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, was next called upon by the Toastmaster in the following 

 words: 



We have been favored by the presence of a number of for- 

 eigners, among them a neighbor of Dr. Westerdijk, and I trust 

 that, being in the Liederkranz Club, he will feel sufficiently 

 at home to give us his impressions of our country, through 

 which he has travelled extensively. I take pleasure in intro- 

 ducing Dr. 0. Appel, of Berlin. 



DR. 0. APPEL 



Ladies and Gentlemen: If I should speak to you of my 

 botanical or phytopathological work, I could use your lan- 

 guage; but to express my feelings I must use my mother 

 tongue, the German language ! 



Sie haben zu dem Tage, den Sie heute festlich begehen, audi 

 eine Anzahl europaischer Fachgenossen eingeladen und die 

 Beteiligung von einer groszen Anzahl erwartet. Die Griinde, 

 die die meisten Ihrer europaischen Gaste am Erscheinen ver- 

 hindert haben, sind Ihnen bekannt und werden wohl von 



Ihnen alien bedauert. 



Dasz eine grosze Anzahl hervorragender Vertreter des 

 Auslandes hier erwartet wurde, hat seine Berechtigung, denn 

 in den Jahren seines Bestehens hat der Botanische Garten von 



