MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Karatas, 98 
L. 
Laboratory, improvements in, 16 
Leadwort, 32 
Lectures delivered by members of 
staff in 1913, 17 
Letterman, Geo. W., purchase of pri- 
vate herbarium of, 18 
Liatris spicata, 94 
Lilaes, 7 
Lilies, 7, 45; Easter, 45, 58 
Lilium formosum, 138; Harrisii, 138 
Lily-of-the-valley, 137 
Lime and other soil nutrients, a de- 
monstration of some important re- 
lations of plants to, 26, 30 
Livistona chinensis, 107 
Lobelia cardinalis, 71; syphilitica, 71 
Lobelias, 32 
Lockhartia pallida, 33 
Lotus, American, 94 
Lycaste aromatica, 70 
M. 
Magnolias, 58 
Maiden hair tree, the, 119 
' . Mammillaria, 76 
Mangosteens, 133 
Marguerites, 8, 69, 138 
Melocactus, 76 
Mertensia, 71 
Mesembryanthemum, 79 
Mimulus, 32. 
Mimulus tigrinus, 44 
Minerals, effect of various, in plant 
growth, 27; essential for normal 
plant growth, 27; in plants, 26 | 
Missouri Botanical Garden Alumni 
Association, organization of, 146; 
constitution of, 147; list of mem- 
bers of, 149 
Monkey flower, 44 
Musa sapientum, 110, 114, var. rubra, 
109, 110, 114; Arnoldiana, 114; 
Cavendishii, 114; Gilletii, 114; 
Martini, 109, 114; rhodochlamys, 
109, 111, 114; textilis, 114 
Myrica, 71 
N. 
Narcissus, 7, 58 
Nectarine, 7 
_ Nelumbium luteum, 94 
_ Nemesias, 32, 138 
Nepenthes, 104 
Nidularium, 99 — 
159 
Nitrogen fixation by legumes, 30 
Nutmeg, 100 
O. 
Oats, 100 
Olive, 99; fragrant, 100 
Oncidium ampliatum, 70; Cebolleta, 
33; iridifolium, 33; luridum, 33; 
ornithorynchum, 70; splendidum, 
33; stipitatum, 33 
Opuntias, 76, 77 
Oranges, 99 
Orchid displays, 33, 69, 150 
Orchids, 9; baby’s bonnet, 33; bird’s 
bill, 70; braided, 33; Cattley, 33, 
69; chain, 69; dove, 149; fan, 33; 
fragrant, 70; Luddemann’s, 33; 
midget, 70; nun, 33; O’Brien’s, 69; 
purple-flowered, 70; Schomburgk’s, 
33; slipper, 33, and varieties of— 
“Pres. McKinley,” 34, and “Tonso- 
Charlesworthii,” 34; vanilla, 100; 
wax, 69 
Organic matter in plants, 26 
i 
Palisota Barteri, 70 
Palm, 8, 99; Chinese fun, 107; cocoa- 
nut, 107; a fruiting date, 93, 94, 99, 
107; fish-seale, 99; ivory-nut, 108; 
Panama hat, 99; rattan, 99; com- 
mercial uses of, 107; fruits and 
seeds of, 107, 108 
Panax, 89 
Panax, Ginseng, 89; quinquefolium, 
89 
Papers published by members of staff 
and students in 1913, 15 
Parachute flower, 100 
Patchouli plant, 100 
Peach, 7 
Peanut, 100 
Pear, 7, 121 
Pelargonium, 79, 80, 138 
Pelargonium inquinans, 80; zonale, 80 
Pepper, black, 100 
Peppers, 8 
Perkin. 77 
Pereskiopsis, 77 
Personally conducted trips, 99 
Phaius grandifolius, 33 
Phoenix dactylifera, 93 
Phyllocactus, 77 
Phytelephas macrocarpa, 108 = aS 
Pineapples, 97; commercial cultiva- | 
tion of, 97 ee 
Piteairnia, 99 
Pitcher plant, 100, 104 
