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curiously flattened pseudo-bulbs. Other forms in flower are 
the bird’s bill orchid (Oncidiwm ornithorynchum), ae 
flowered orchid (Broughtonia sanguinea), fragrant orchid 
(Lycaste aromatica), the yellow-flowered Oncidvum amplia- 
tum, the white-flowered Xylobiwm concavum, and the 
“midget” orchid (Pleurothallis tenera). The latter is the 
“Tom Thumb” of the Garden collection, being fully grown 
in a pot not much larger than a hen’s egg. 
Aroid House.—Several interesting aroid plants are in 
flower and fruit, the fruit in several cases being far more 
noteworthy than the small and usually inconspicuous flowers. 
Palisota Barteri, and Anthurium Bakeri, for instance, bear 
heads of inconspicuous flowers, but later produce striking 
groups of bright scarlet seeds. The same holds true in 
Anthurium scandens, but here the fruit is pure white, 
resembling that of the mistletoe. A small group of berto- 
lonias, bearing light pink flowers, and the rare Columnea 
Schiedeana, a native of Mexico, with dark red, tubular flowers 
and variegated, velvety leaves, are in flower. The Indian 
tessamine, or rain-bow flower (Ixora coccinea) is still in full 
bloom, the heads of scarlet flowers being extremely attrac- 
tive. The aroids in general require a high temperature, and 
cannot, therefore, be shown in the floral display house, which 
is maintained at a much lower temperature. 
NOTES 
~ On May 13, the wives of the delegates to the Undertakers’ 
Convention and those of the delegates to the Convention of 
the Railway Development Association visited the Garden 
and were personally conducted through the grounds by Mr. 
Thompson, Assistant Botanist to the Garden. 
A party of over two hundred, consisting of the delegates 
(and members of their families) to the Convention of the 
Brotherhood of Interurban Trainmen, visited the Garden 
on May 15. 
Mr. W. W. Eggleston, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of 
the U. 8S. Department of na Fepre es ibs ne Visag D.C, 
visited the Garden on May 11, and spent the day consult- 
ing the herbarium. 
Mr. W. W. Ohlweiler, General Manager to the Garden, 
spoke before the St. Louis Branch of the American Pharma- 
ceutical Society, at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 
May 15, on “A Modern Herbal Garden.” 
A large shipment of plants native of New Hampshire has 
recently been received and will prove especially interesting 
