44 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
and care should be taken that the top bud which remains 
points outward. Climbing roses require no _- beyond 
cutting out the very old and dead wood and shortening the 
laterals, except the trimming which may be necessary to 
1 the plants conform in shape to a particular arbor or 
trellis. 
FLORAL DISPLAY 
As indicated in the last number of the Buixerin, the 
cinerarias have continued to dominate the flower house dur- 
ing the greater part of the month. A special group of 
several hundred of these plants was much admired because 
of the intense blue color of the flowers. While the indi- 
vidual flowers are not so small as those of the “stellata” type, 
they are not nearly so large as the more intensely cultivated 
_ varieties. However, this lack of size is more than compen- 
sated for by the brilliancy of the color. Careful selection 
and breeding should, in a few years, make this type an im- 
rtant one. Good blues are rare in garden flowers and it 
is unusual to have such masses of fine shades as in the 
cinerarias shown. 
In the center of the second section is a large group of the 
tall Cineraria stellata, which is attractive for the variation 
in color. These plants are usually later than the large- 
flowered types, and are only just now beginning to bloom 
profusely. 
One of the south benches, formerly occupied by the 
primulas, is now filled with freesias. These are of the white 
or cream colored variety and are exceedingly fragrant. Al- 
though the foliage of these plants is rather inconspicuous, 
the flowers are borne in such profuse clusters and last so long 
as to make the plant well worth while for indoor growing. 
On both sides of the entrance to the second section of the 
house, a few roses serve as a background for the beautiful 
flowered Hippeastrum Jamesoni. e flowers of this plant, 
which in shape and size resemble the Easter lily, are a 
brilliant scarlet and measure three or four inches across. | 
They are rather constant bloomers and will probably be on 
exhibition for a month or more. As the season progresses 
these plants will Sige be replaced by other species of 
the same genus. In the same locality are a few plants of 
oie flower (Mimulus tigrinus), to which attention 
is : 
The latter half of the month the stocks, that are now 
forming a background for the cinerarias, will be removed 
