146 
Cycas Bellefonti, 60; Micholitzii, 60; 
revoluta, 60; siamensis, 60 
Cypripediums, see Paphiopedilums 
D. 
Dasheen, 43 
Dasylirion serratifolium, 74, 74 
Davis, Rev. John. Ferns, chiefly from 
United States, 28; Plants of Cali- 
fornia, 58; Plants of Missouri, 
South Carolina, ete. 96; Plants of 
South Carolina, 58 
Dendrobium virginale, 59 
Dewberries, pruning of, 112 
_ Dicksonia antarctica, 60 3 Chamissoi, 
60; regalis, 60; squarrosa, 60; 
* Wendlandi var. Verschaffeltii, 60 
Dracaena glomerata, 75; Goldieana, 
75; Kindtiana, 75, 75 
E. 
Economic garden, the, 41, 41, 139 
Electricity, effect, of, on plants, 97; 
apparatus used in experiments on, 
ig 98; investigations on, at Garden, 
“Electrified” plot, comparison of 
average plant from check plot with 
one from, 98 
“Electrifier,” description of, 98; used 
at the Garden, 97 
Encephalartos Lehmannii, 60 
; - George, assistance 
PY chine to Garden by, 128 
vergreens, winter in to, at 
Gardin, 70 my 
F. 
bei crops grown in economic garden, 
Ficus benghalensis, 76, 77 
Fischer, Walter. Plants of Argen- 
tina, 80 
Fruit trees: pruning of, 112; trained, 
srown In economic garden, 52 
Fruits, bush, pruning of, 112 
G. 
Shaw in 1858, 130; plat of lands 
mr buildings left for support of, 
Gardening, school fc % 
1917, @ or, report of, for 
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Gates, F. C. Plants of Illinois, 28; 
Plants of northern Michigan, 28 
Gift of plants by Mr. D. S. Brown, 
59, 113 
Gooseberries, pruning of, 112 _ 
Gounod, bust of, in Tower Grove 
Park, 89 
Grapes, pruning of, 113 ; 
Grasses, lawn, grown in economic 
garden, 46, 47 
Gray: bust of, at Garden, 87; as- 
sistance given by, in founding 
Garden, 131 
Greenman, Milton T. Plants from 
Door County, Wisconsin, 106 
H. 
Hedges: plants grown for, in eco- 
nomic garden, 48; pruning of, 110 
Heller, A. A. Plants of California, 
72 
Hemlocks, winter injury to, at 
Garden, 70 
Herbarium, report of, for 1917, 12; 
distribution of duplicates, 14; field 
work during 1917, 13; mounting 
and distribution of specimens, 13; _ 
new accessions, 12; statistical sum- 
mary, 15 , 
Herbs, savory, grown in economic 
garden, 45, 138; uses, and methods 
of propagation of, 139 
Hippeastrum, 29, 30; culture of, 32; 
development of, 31; insect pests at- 
tacking, 32; propagation of, 32 
Hippeastrum “Apple Blossom,” 30; 
aulicum, 31; equestre, 31; John- 
sonii, 31; Leopoldii, 31; pardinum, 
30; psittacinum, 31; Reginae, 31; 
reticulatum, 31; solandriflorum, 31; 
vittatum, 31; “White Lady,” 30 
Humboldt, statue of, in Tower Grove 
Park, 82, 83; letters from Miller 
to Henry Shaw concerning, 135, 
136 
Hyacinth, 35; forcing of, 36; propa- 
gation of, 36; of, 36 
Hyacinthus orientalis, 36, var. albus, 
36 
| Hybrid nymphaeas, 90 
I. 
Improvements at Garden during 1917, 
3 
Iris, 54; collection of, at Garden, 55; 
culture of, 55; groups of, 54 
