MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 7 
hardy perennials for private place planting, etc., it con- 
tained something which appealed to a variety of tastes. 
ROSE GARDEN 
INo one feature of the out-of-door planting has been so 
attractive throughout the entire season as the collection of 
roses. The popular belief that these plants, both on account 
of the climate and the soil, cannot successfully be grown in 
St. Louis has been completely disproved. From early in 
June until frost there was a most creditable display of blos- 
soms and the opportunity to see here a large number of the 
new varieties of roses has been much appreciated by the 
public. Succeeding years will see this garden increase in 
beauty and attractiveness. 
FLORAL DISPLAYS 
Although the new greenhouses were not completed until 
late in the summer of 1913, it was possible during the pre- 
vious winter and spring months to show a considerable 
number of flowering plants in the north wing. In January, 
azaleas, cyclamens, callas, cinerarias, primulas, begonias and 
other plants were exhibited. A group of lilacs, hawthorns 
and crabapples, forced by the ether and hot water meth 
attracted considerable attention. During February, 1,5 
Chinese primroses were the predominating feature, accom- 
panied by a large collection of azaleas, cyclamens and 
spiraeas. In March and the early part of April tte 
e largest and most interesting collection of bulbs ever 
a ed under glass in St. Louis was exhibited. This 
included some 10,000 tulips (about 90 varieties), 700 
hyacinths (85 varieties), 500 plants of the Easter lily, 100 
calla lilies and hundreds of narcissus, including about 50 
special varieties, many of which had never before shown 
in this country. The exhibit attracted wide interest among 
dealers and growers in the vicinity of St. Louis, and visitors 
came from Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City 
and many intermediate see to have an opportunity of 
seeing the rarer sorts of bloom. During ee and May a 
particularly fine collection of new French hybrid hydran- 
was displayed also about 500 roses, comprising the 
nest of the — perpetuals, hybrid teas and polyanthas. 
Potted dwarf fruit trees in flower, including apple, cherry, 
pear, peach and nectarines, which had been trained into 
pyramid, gridiron and fan shapes, forming an interesting 
ect of the May ae, In addition, some 300 tobacco 
ybrids in red, purple, pink, and white, a large number of 
