MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 69 
The garden has been constructed during the month and 
while the general effect will be satisfactory almost from the 
first, the atmosphere of antiquity so much desired in Japan- 
ese gardens will not be completely realized until some time 
afterward. 
FLORAL DISPLAY 
Floral Display House——During the month the collection 
in the floral display house has consisted principally of large 
quantities of hydrangeas, comprising a great many speci- 
mens of the ordinary ‘“Otaska” forms. More conspicuous, 
however, have been the new French hybrids which were so 
much admired last year and which have measured up to all 
that has been claimed for them as regards color and beauty 
of the flowers. These new hybrid forms unquestionably fur- 
nish an important addition to the flowering material suitable 
for greenhouse work. This display has been arranged in 
the center and on either side of the entrance to the west 
wing of the floral display house, and presents a massive 
effect from the landing at the head of the steps. On the 
side benches are displayed large quantities of the blue daisy 
(Felicia), snapdragons, or antirrhinums, and calceolarias. 
The collection of the latter has been much improved by the 
addition of a considerable number of new Aybrid orms 
kindly presented to the Garden by Mr. Robert Shore, Gard- 
ener of the Russell Sage Conservatory of Cornell University. 
The most notable of these are the bright yellow forms, the 
flowers of which, while not large, are exceedingly numerous 
and brilliant. In the east wing of the display house large 
numbers of faney-leaved caladiums and quantities of white 
and yellow marguerites are being shown. 
These displays will be followed during the month by a 
large collection of Gloxinias (about 1,200 plants) and one of 
tuber begonias, numbering 850 plants. 
Orchid House—A very considerable number of orchids 
are in flower, but the collection of blooming forms is still 
dominated by the mauve-flowered cattleyas of the C. 
Schroederae type. Other interesting forms are the wax 
orchid (Chysis bractescens), with cylindrical pseudo-bulbs 
and pendant spikes of thick, white, wax-like flowers, O’Brien’s 
orchid (Epidendrum O’Brienianum) with long racemes of 
light scarlet flowers, the small chain orchid (Platyclinis lati- 
folia) and the large-flowered chain orchid (Coelo 
Swaniana), in both of which the flowers are so arranged as 
to resemble the links in a chain. The specimen of Poly- 
stachya affinis, imported from the ee region in 1906, is 
interesting because of its light, yellowish-brown flowers and 
