MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 17 
including rare varieties from the D. §. Brown collection. The 
commercial types of cattleyas are also in abundance, and the 
unusual white form, Cattleya Trianae, isin bloom. Lycaste 
Skinneri and its variety alba are in flower for the first time 
in the Garden collection, while another rare variety, lasio- 
glossa, sometimes called the caterpillar orchid, is represented 
by half a dozen specimen plants. A superb variety of Vanda 
caerulea, with dark blue flowers, is blooming for the first 
time since its importation from Burma in 1914. Blue is a 
rare color in orchids, and this plant is judged one of the fin- © 
est types in the country. — 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR DECEMBER, 1918 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
Pobal  nuiiber Of WIRICOIN 605 Oo a os es ee wens 7,165 
LipraRy ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of books and pamphlets bought............ 35 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated........... 153 
HERBARIUM ACCESSIONS: 
By Gift — 
Ellsworth Bethel — Coleosporium ribicola and Cronartium 
Oocaentile Ir0tm QOlOrags 46 on es Ou eh ks 5 2 
Mrs. Adele Lewis Grant—Plants of California............ 68 
A. Tonduz—Senecio from Costa Rica..............200005 1 
By Exchange — 
Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I—Plants of the Philippine 
Telaa A Sos oe os Cae e Cans Pea i ae Medea ules sae 4 e 
New York Botanical Garden—Plants of the West Indies.. 100 
By Field Work — 
J. M. Greenman—Plants of St. Louis County, Missouri... 15 
Ernest J. Palmer—Plants of the Southwest, namely, Mis- 
souri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas—estimated at.. 6,613 
The Garden is open to the public every day in the year, except New 
Year’s, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Christmas — week days from 8:00 
A. M. until one-half hour after sunset; Sundays from December to April, 
1:00 P. M. until sunset, from April to December, 2:00 P. M. until sunset. 
The main entrance to the Garden is located at Tower Grove Avenue 
and Flora Boulevard, on the Vandeventer Avenue car line. Transfer 
south from all intersecting lines. 
