MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 139 
Owing to the very special requirements of the orchids as 
regards temperature, moisture, and light, these plants, which 
during December and January form one of the most beauti- 
ful and interesting floral displays of the year, can not be 
exhibited in the floral display house. A special house is 
provided for these plants at the east end of the old range of 
conservatories. While it is true that the flowering season of 
the orchids is at its height in mid-winter, some of these 
remarkable plants may be seen in flower at all times. 
NOTES 
Dr. R. Ruggles Gates, of the University of London, for- 
merly Research Assistant at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 
is working in the herbarium and library. 
At the annual meeting of the Sherman School Patrons’ 
and Teachers’ Association, on the evening of November 11, 
Dr. George T. Moore, Director of the Garden, spoke on the 
Garden and its activities. 
Mr. Ernest J. Palmer, collector for the Missouri Botanical 
Garden in coéperation with the Arnold Arboretum, is spend- 
ing a few weeks at the Garden, working over the plants col- 
lected during his recent trip through the Southwest. 
Mr. Peter Bissett, of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant 
Introduction, U. S. Department of Agriculture, visited the 
Garden on November 11. The Garden has from time to 
ae ou various interesting tropical plants through 
this office. 
The December floral display, in addition to the usual poin- 
settias and other plants showing the Christmas colors, will be 
particularly attractive because of the large number of Lor- 
raine begonias which constitute probably the finest lot of 
these plants ever shown in St. Louis. 
A large number of out-of-town visitors, as well as pupils 
from the city, who were gathered for the celebration of the 
fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the St. Louis Col- 
lege of Pharmacy, visited the Garden on the afternoon of 
November 11, and were shown about by special guides. 
Classes from the following schools visited the Garden dur- 
ing the past month and were conducted by Mr. Thompson 
to the various collections of plants of special interest to 
school children: Grant School, Devonshire School and Gar- 
