MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 133 
of Medinilla magnifica which, while not a palm, has been 
given a place in the palm house, and close by a good speci- 
men of the bungalow palm (Archontophoenix Cunning- 
hamu). <A large Pandanus Veitchi or Veitch’s pandanus 
adorns the far corner. On the left again and balancing a 
similar specimen on the right is a fortune’s palm (Trachy- 
carpus excelsus) and in the central group near the entrance 
a broom palm (Chamaerops humilis). Good plants of the 
Pinang palm mark the sides of the south entrance. 
Turning to the east, a single plant of Hydriastele Wendlan- 
diana marks the right side with the Illawara palm (Seaforthia 
elegans) directly opposite. A weeping palm (Washingtonia 
filifera) and the Garden’s largest specimen of screw pine 
(Pandanus utilis) have been placed on the right side of the 
path a little farther on and opposite them the oil palm 
(Attalea speciosa) and behind this the most attractive single 
specimen in the house, the sugar palm (Arenga saccharifera), 
- referred to in detail in a former number of the BuLLErIn. 
Nearing the east entrance one finds on the right a thorny- 
stemmed palm (Acanthorhiza aculeata) together with a good 
specimen of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) ~ and on the 
left a plant of Phoenix canariensis, one of the date palms, 
and finally a good bungalow palm (Archontophoeniz Cun- 
ninghami). 
This enumeration of plants by no means includes all of the 
species represented in the palm house, but it will serve to 
give some idea of the collection which has been brought 
together here as well as of its arrangement. In addition there 
_ are present a large number of smaller palms which are 
worthy of attention. This is especially true of some of the 
small California palms and the dwarf palm (Phoenix Roeb- 
liniana). Some of these specimens, at present small, will be 
the future giants of the house as, for example, the Cohune oil 
palm (Attalea cohune). At present its leaves are only four 
feet long, but when the plant is full grown, they he eopor 
attain a length of from forty to fifty feet. The future growt 
of the palms has been taken into consideration in the arrange- 
ment of the plants, and this fact explains any bareness or gaps 
which may at present be apparent. 
The Economic House.—In this house has been brought 
together a portion of the Garden’s collections of plants which 
are of interest primarily from an economic standpoint. 
Because of the large number of specimens, and their relatively 
small size, it is naturally more difficult to display all of them 
to advantage. However, little difficulty will be experienced 
by the visitor in becoming acquainted with the various plants, 
because of the care exercised in allotting ample space to the 
