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to make room for a representative collection of about a thou- 
— plants of Antirrhinum, or snapdragon, in various 
colors. 
Beginning with the first Sunday afternoon in April, the 
+ Ai bulb show will be inaugurated in the flower house. 
his promises to be one of the most brilliant exhibitions of 
the season and will surpass, in the number of bulbs shown, 
any previous displays. There will be nearly 10,000 tulips 
in about 100 varieties; 4,500 hyacinths in 45 varieties; and 
about 600 lilies, including the Easter lily and a collection 
of 50 other species of Lilium. The latter, however, owing 
to obvious difficulties of cultivation, will not all be shown at 
the same time, but will be moved into the house as they 
come into flower. On Easter Sunday the indoor bulb dis- 
play is expected to be at its best, and a week or two later, the 
: outside should present a particularly attractive mass of 
color. 
NOTES 
Mr. Henry L. de Vilmorin, of the firm of Vilmorin, 
Andrieux & Co., of Paris, recently visited the Garden. 
Classes from the Missouri School for the Blind visited the 
Garden on March 10 and 11, for a study of desert plants. 
Mr. Charles H. Winkler, iculturist at the University 
of Texas, visited the Garden February 11. 
Dr. Walter R. Bloor, Associate in Biological Chemistry, 
at the Washington University Medical School, addressed the 
members of the seminar, March 3, on “The Fats.” 
An interesting albino form of Cattleya Schroederae is at 
present in flower at the Garden. The flowers of this orchid 
is normally mauve, but this one is an almost pure albino 
orm. 
Mr. George H. Pring, in charge of orchids and exotics, 
addressed the School of Social Economy of Washington 
University, on March 11 and 18, respectively on “Evolution 
of the Chrysanthemum,” and “Pollination of Plants.” Both 
addresses were illustrated with stereopticon views. 
Dr. Hermann von Schrenk, Pathologist to the Garden, ad- 
dressed the Garden Club of Webster Groves, Missouri, on 
March 10. The subject of Dr. von Schrenk’s address was, 
“Tree Planting and Diseases of Trees.” On February 20, 
Dr. von Schrenk also spoke before the Young People’s 
Union of the Ethical Society, on “Trees and Modern Uses 
of Lumber.” 
