MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 89 
Macrozamia Moorei grows from ten to twenty feet in 
height and may be over two feet in diameter. A splendid 
crown of leaves is produced, sometimes exceeding one 
hundred. The male and female cones are striking features 
of the plant, on account of their size and the unusual num- 
ber which may be produced at one time. One hundred and 
three ee cones in a single unbranched plant have been 
counted. 
The particular point of interest, at least botanically, about 
Macrozamia Moorei is that it represents the nearest approach 
to the Bennettiales, a group of fossil, cycad-like plants exist- 
ing in the mesozoic era. Never before has a living cycad 
been found which, because of its numerous lateral cones 
and their mode of occurrence, came so near to the condi- 
tions obtaining in these fossil forms, and it may truly be 
said that Macrozamia Moorei is the missing link so far as 
this particular group is concerned. 
NOTES. 
‘Prof. Bernard Mackensen of San Antonio, Texas, visited 
the Garden on the 13th of June. : 
Mr. Melvin C. Merrill, of Harvard University, has been 
appointed Research Assistant to succeed Dr. George R. Hill, 
Jr., resigned. 
The annual flower sermon, provided for in Mr. Shaw’s 
will, was preached at Christ Church Cathedral, Sunday morn- 
ing, May 18th, by the Rev. Francis L. Palmer of Stillwater, 
_ Minnesota. 
By special appointment, pupils from the McKinley High 
School visited the Garden on May 20th and ladies of the 
State Press Association on May 22d were shown through 
the greenhouses and grounds. 
A wheeled chair has been placed in the waiting room at 
the main gate, where it will be available for those who are 
unable to walk through the grounds. The chair may be 
obtained upon application to the gatekeeper. 
During the month various parties have taken advantage 
of the personally conducted trips through the Garden, 
starting from the main gate at three o’clock every Saturday. 
Especial attention will be given to the Yuccas and their 
associated moth, as long as the flowers last. 
