56 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
The number of permits issued by the City Forester’s office, 
since 1908, is as follows: 
SS acai wal, Ae ee ewe ne 5,468 
I9003010. ss es Lge Ses 5,320 
WGIO-TOL Es ae a es 4,668 
ROSIE os aes 4,659 
SOUR O sec ere ieee 5,929 
The increase in planting during the last year is attributed 
largely to the work done by the Forester’s office in advising 
people to take advantage of favorable planting conditions 
at to the ordinance quoted above, allowing property owners 
to make a change in the selection of the tree species. 
During the coming year the number of trees planted in 
the city ought to be many times that of preceding years. 
Those who are interested in the more detailed study of the 
planting of trees are referred to various text books on this 
subject, especially to a volume on “Shade Trees in Towns 
and Cities,” by Wm. Solotaroff, and to the “Care of Trees,” 
by B. E. Fernow. 
FLORAL DISPLAY FOR APRIL AND MAY. 
Cold and cloudy weather caused the flowering period of 
the Easter bulbs to be somewhat lengthened and during the 
first week of April the tulips, hyacinths, lilies and narcissi 
were the main attractions, while Eupatorium ianthinum, 
Primula obconica, Primula veris (the English primrose), 
Primula kewensis, spiraeas and Euphorbia jacquinaefola 
were used to fill in the gaps left as the bulbs were taken out. 
With the removal of the bulbs, the lilies excepted, the stages 
were filled with potted roses, while on the side benches 
clumps of the new French hybrid hydrangeas were displayed. 
The 500 roses exhibited comprised the finest of the hybrid 
perpetuals, the hybrid teas, and polyantha sorts. Some of 
the best of these are the following: Dean Hole (pink), red 
and white baby ramblers, Mad. Ravary (cream or flesh 
color), Killarney (pink and white), Blumenschmidt (yel- 
low), Captain Christ y (soft pink), Magna Charta (red), 
Etoile de France (dark red), Frau Karl Druschki (snow- 
white) and Farben a (red pink). The hydrangeas 
in colors of red, blue, pink and pure white, are an improve- 
ment on the usual nhouse type. These colors come 
naturally and are not induced by any special process of feed- 
