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ing a remedy, be placed upon the manufacturer or 

 proprietor of such remedy. 



9. That it be a breach of the law: (a) To en- 

 close with one remedy printed matter recommend- 

 ing another remedy. (6) To invite sufferers from 

 any ailment to correspond with the vendor of a 

 remedy, (c) To make use of the name of a ficti- 

 tious person in connection with a remedy. (But it 

 should be within the power of the department to 

 permit the exemption of an old-established remedy 

 from this provision.) (d) To make use of ficti- 

 tious testimonials, (e) To publish a recommenda- 

 tion of a secret remedy by a medical practitioner 

 unless his or her full name, qualifications and ad- 

 dress be given. (/) To promise to return money 

 paid if a cure is not effected. 



THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEBSASY OF 

 THE MISSOUMI BOTANICAL GABDEN 



The Missouri Botanical Garden has made 

 arrangements to celebrate its tveenty-fifth anni- 

 versary on October 15 and 16. The war in 

 Europe may interfere with the attendance of 

 some of the foreign delegates, but it is known 

 that all of those on the program will make 

 every effort to com.e and, in case this is im- 

 possible, their papers will be sent in time to 

 be read. The program is as follows : 



Thursday, October 15 



10 :30 A.M. Automobile ride through the 

 city for delegates and visiting scientists. 



1 :00 P.M. Lunch at the garden. 



2 :00 P.M. Graduate lecture room : 



Address of welcome: Director George T. 

 Moore. 



The History and Functions of Botanical 

 Gardens : Assistant Director Arthur W. HUl, 

 Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. 



The Phylogenetic Taxonomy of the Flower- 

 ing Plants: Professor Charles E. Bessey, 

 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. 



Development of the Norwegian Flora Since 

 the Ice Age: Professor N. Wille, University 

 of Christiania, Christiania, Norway. 



The Vegetation of Mona Island : Director in 

 Chief, N. L. Britton, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. T. 



The Scientific Significance of the Imperial 

 Botanic Garden of Peter the Great, with Spe- 



cial Eeference to the Flora of Asia: Dr. 

 Wladimir I. Lipsky, Jardin Imperial Botani- 

 que de Pierre le Grand, St. Petersburg, Eussia. 



Comparative Carpology of Cruciferse with 

 Vesicular Fruits — Some General Biological 

 and Systematic Conclusions: Director J. 

 Briquet, Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniquea 

 de la Ville Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland. 



The Origin of Monocotyledony : Professor 

 John M. Coulter, University of Chicago, 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



8 :30-ll :30 p.m. Eeception. Director's 

 Eesidence. 



Friday, October 16 



10:30 A.M. Special personally conducted 

 trip through the conservatories and grounds 

 of the garden. Opportunity will be given 

 during the morning for those who wish to 

 spend time in the library or herbarium. 



12 :30 p.m. Lunch at the Garden. 



1 :30 P.M. Graduate lecture room : 



Eecent Investigations on the Protoplasm of 

 Plant Cells and Its Colloidal Properties: 

 Professor Frederick Czapek, Physiologisches 

 Institut der K. K. Deutschen Universitat, 

 Prag, Austria. 



Experimental Modification of the Germ 

 Plasm: Director D. T. Macdougal, Depart- 

 ment of Botanical Eesearch, Carnegie Institu- 

 tion of Washington, Tucson, Arizona. 



Hormone im Pflanzenreich : Director Hans 

 Fitting, Botanisches Anstalten der Universitat 

 Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 



The Law of Temperature Connected with 

 the Distribution of Marine Algae: Professor 

 William A. Setchell, University of California, 

 Berkeley, California. 



Ueber Formbildung und Ehythmik der 

 Pflanzen: Director George Klebs, Botanisches 

 Institut Universitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 

 Germany. 



Phylogeny and Eelationships in the Ascomy- 

 cetes: Professor George F. Atkinson, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, New York. 



The Organization of a Mushroom : Professor 

 A. H. Eeginald BuUer, University of Mani- 

 toba, Winnipeg, Canada. 



A Conspectus of Bacterial Diseases in 

 Plants : Dr. Erwin F. Smith, Bureau of Plant 



