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nodosa and one of the snail shell orchid (Epidendrum pen- 
talis) are also in flower. In the former the labellum is 
strikingly protruded and conspicuous, whereas the remain- 
ing petals are small and inconspicuous; in the latter the 
flowers are so curiously modified and contorted as to re- 
semble, somewhat, a snail shell. 
Out-of-doors.—Near the southeast and southwest corners 
of the new water garden (mentioned at another place in 
this BuLLeTin) habitual visitors to the Garden will be sur- 
prised to find, in the shade of trees, the tuberous begonias 
still flowering—the same ones which were exhibited for 
almost two months in the display house of the new plant 
range. The cannas planted on the knolls near the new con- 
servatory are beginning to show good flowers. New among 
these are “Blanche Wintzer,’ a variety with extremely 
large and almost pure white flowers; “Conowinga,”’ ‘“Bea- 
con” and “Black Prince,” with flowers respectively scarlet, 
deep red and very dark red; and “Florence Vaughn,” with 
petals so speckled with yellow and bronze as to remind one 
of the rainbow trout. 
A solid bed of petumias flanking one of the knolls is the 
brightest bit of color now in the Garden, but masses of phlox 
and mallow in great variety of color and of the pale blue 
leadwort (Plumbago capensis) skirting other knolls, are be- 
ginning to flower and will soon bring striking touches of 
color to the sides of the other valleys. 
Although the roses are past their prime, a goodly number 
of flowers are still being put forth which will more than 
repay the visitor for a trip to this part of the Garden. 
Many of the tropical plants housed during the colder 
weather have been brought out-of-doors and grouped around 
the old conservatory. Many of the well-known collections 
with which the visitors were familiar in the houses will now 
be found here. 
GEORGE W. LETTERMAN. 
George W. Letterman was born near Bellefonte, Center 
County, Pennsylvania, 1841, and died at Allenton, Missouri, 
May 28, 1913. His father was of Dutch and his mother of 
Irish extraction. Letterman received his early education in 
the public schools of Pennsylvania and later entered the 
State College of Center County, in his native State. While 
at this institution his studies were interrupted by enlisting 
