60 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
lections, while Phytelephas macrocarpa (ivory-nut palm) is 
interesting because of the use of its seeds as a substitute for 
ivory in making buttons. Some of the huge specimens re- 
quired extreme care in transportation; a thirty-foot Caryota 
urens (fish-tail palm) with graceful, fern-like foliage; a 
thirty-foot Phoenix dactylifera (fruiting date palm), which 
bears fruit every year; and a giant forty-foot Livistona 
chinensis (cabbage palm) being among those safely estab- 
lished at the Garden. The additions to the Garden collection 
we ash which was already unusually complete, are listed 
elow: 
Acanthophoeniz crinita — Kentiopsis macrocarpa 
Acrocomia mexicana Livistona Hoogendorpii 
Archontophoenix Alexandrae Livistona humilis 
Areca furfuracea Martinezia corallina 
Arenga Engleri Martinezia erosa 
Bismarckia nobilis Mazimiliana Maripa 
Brahea macrocarpa Phoenix rupicola 
Calamus erectus Phoenix zeylanica 
Caryota Mooreana Phytelephas macrocarpa — 
Caryota urens Rhapis flabelliformis variegata 
Cocos Bonneti Sabal Blackburniana 
Howea Belmoreana aurea Sabal oleraceum 
Howea Belmoreana variegata Thrinaz Chuco 
Jubaea spectabilis Thrinaxz elegantissima 
Kentia Brownii Thrinax radiata 
As the result of the addition of several large tree ferns 
donated by Mr. Brown, the appearance of the fern house is 
more attractive than ever. The two most noteworthy plants 
are Cyathea medullaris (thirty feet) and Cyathea dealbata 
(twenty feet). Some of the rare ferns are: Cyathea deal- 
bata, Cyathea medullaris, Dicksonia antarctica, Dicksonia 
Chamissoi, Dicksonia regalis, Dicksonia squarrosa, and Dick- 
sonia Wendlandi Verachaffelti. 
The Garden collection of cycads, considered the most_com- 
plete in this country, has been augmented by the addition 
of the following rare species: Cycas Bellefonti, Cycas Michol- 
itzii, Cycas siamensis, Encephalartos Lehmannii, and Macro- 
zamia plumosa. 
The specimen of the common cycad, Cycas revoluta (sago 
palm), deserves special mention, it being at least three hun- 
dred years old and unusually well rancted: This plant was 
exhibited by the Japanese Government at the Pan-American 
Exposition in Buffalo, in 1900, where it was acquired by 
Mr. Brown. 
Several araucarias, not previously possessed sf fe Garden, 
are: Araucaria Cookii, Araucaria Cunninghamii, Arav- 
caria excelsa var. Goldieana, Araucaria excelsa var. Muelleri, 
and Araucaria Rulei. 
