SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JAN. 11, 1905. 



To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 



The following report for the year 1904, on the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden and the School of Botany there- 

 with connected, is respectfully submitted in compliance 

 with the rules of the Board. 



ORNAMENTAL FEATURES. 



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tity or variety of the plants used for general decorative 

 effects, but increased care in the selection of plants for 

 this purpose has resulted in a notable improvement in the 

 quality of the bedding. For the first time in the history 

 of the Garden the entire parterre was this year used for 

 bulbs before being planted with the customary summer 

 foliage plants, and those who saw it during the flowering 

 period of the tulips witnessed an unusually beautiful 

 display of these showy flowers, harmoniously and instruc- 



The number and variety of dahlia, 

 Lrvsanthemum plants grown has also been 



tively arranged, 

 gladiolus and 



greater than ever before, and the dahlia and chrysanthe- 

 mum collections, in particular, attracted 



_ f r much favorable 



attention. 



The total number of accessions for the year amounted to 



326, comprising 62,080 plants or packets of seeds, and 

 though the number of separate entries is considerably 

 smaller than that for 1903, discriminating selection by the 

 Superintendent, Mr. H. C. Irish, and his assistants, has 

 enabled me to record a notable increase in the variety of 

 plants cultivated- Of the total, 1,747 plants or seed 



were collected, and 26,587, 





packets, valued at $452 

 valued at $1,861.09, were 



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