MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 57 
ing or any other artificial conditions. This is without doubt 
the finest collection of exhibition hydrangeas ever shown in 
St. Louis. 
Two flowering palms in the center of the first house, while 
not particularly showy, are of general interest because not 
usually seen in flower. These are Chamaerops humilis, the 
dwarf fan palm, and Phoenix canariensis, one of the date 
palms. An unnamed species of Beschorneria, belonging to 
the same family as the century plant, with tubular vatlow 
green flowers, is also in bloom. 
A number of dwarf potted fruit trees in flower, that have 
recently been imported from Europe, form part of the dis- 
play. These include apples, cherries, pears, peaches, nec- 
tarines and grapes. Fruit has set on all of these little trees 
and when ripe the plants will again be placed on exhibition. 
The trees have been trained into pyramids, fan-shapes and 
gridirons and are attracting considerable attention. 
The latter part of April and the early part of May there 
will be exhibited plants that for variety, at least, will sur- 
pass the Easter display. The roses and hydrangeas will con- 
tinue to be shown as long as they last and the following 
eros now coming into flower will be added: 200 cineraria 
ybrids in red, white, blue and various combinations of these 
colors; 300 tobacco hybrids in red, purple, pink and white; 
100 Felesia amelloides (the blue daisy), blue with yellow 
centers; 200 calceolaria hybrids in all combinations of color; 
600 hybrid gloxinias mostly in solid colors; 200 Nicotiana 
sylvestris, a tobacco plant with small pure white flowers; 
200 Primula veris (the English primrose); Primula chi- 
nensis, and quite a number of large marguerites (Chrysan- 
themum frutescens). 
These will not all be shown at once, but will follow each 
other very closely and several visits to the Garden may be 
necessary to see all of them. However, the special attrac- 
tion to be expected will be posted in the greenhouses for the 
convenience of those who are interested. 
The foregoing are all being shown in the north wing of 
the new conservatories, but.in the old greenhouses many 
rare and interesting plants are also in flower. The follow- 
ing are the most important: Aristolochia gigas Sturtevantii, 
the goose plant, in the bromeliad house; Musa sapientwm 
rubrum, the red banana, in the front palm house; Coffea 
arabica, the coffee, in the front range; Oncidiwm Papilio, 
