MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 13 
x L. tenebrosa, C. Warneri x B. Digbyana, C. labiata x L. 
C. Exoniensis, C. gigas x L. C. Endymion, L. tenebrosa X 
L. C. Canhamiana, L. tenebrosa « C. Mendel, L. purpurata 
x L. C. Canhamiana Rex, L. C. Martineti x C. gigas, L. C. 
Gottoiana < C. labiata, L. C. Bleitchleyensis x C. Mossiae. 
The East Indian orchids included such plants as Vanda sac- 
colabium, Rhynchostylis aerides, and species of Angraecum, 
the collection being particularly noteworthy since plants 
from this region were poorly represented at the Garden. In 
addition to the orchids, Mr. Brown also gave a large num- 
ber of bromeliads, aroids, and several species of Ficus not 
represented at the Garden, all of which were particularly 
acceptable at this time, since the new range of greenhouses 
affords ideal space for growing all of these plants. 
Through Professor C. 8. Sargent, of the Arnold Arbore- 
tum, there has been received a representative collection of 
plants obtained by Wilson and Purdom from China and 
similar regions. These are too numerous to list, but it is 
certain that a large part of the gift will provide new and 
most valuable material for use in both the greenhouse and 
outdoor planting. Perhaps the finest individual plant was 
a remarkably well-grown specimen of Araucaria imbricata 
which is now established in the cycad house. 
From the Department of Agriculture various shipments 
have been received throughout the year, comprising eco- 
nomic plants, with tropical edible fruits predominating. 
By exchange there has been obtained from Garfield Park, 
Chicago, and the New York Botanical Garden a miscel- 
laneous collection of aroids which make a valuable addition 
to those already on hand and constitute a notable display in 
the new aroid house. Noteworthy additions to the palms, 
tillandsias, and miscellaneous economic plants have been 
made by Father Jerome, Saint Leo, Florida, and many in- 
teresting seeds and bulbs have been presented by Mr. Orville 
Matthews, of Parral, Mexico, L. D. Yager, of Alton, Illinois, 
and others. 
ATTENDANCE 
The attendance for the year 1915 is listed below. The 
opening of the Garden on Sunday afternoons in December 
made it possible for about 5,000 more people to attend than 
could visit the Garden in 1914. Including this number, the 
gain over 1914 is about 15,000, approximately three times 
the gain of 1914 over 1913, so that it would appear that the 
interest in the Garden is ervinely increasing. The chief 
gain this year has been in the Sunday attendance, over 
20,000 more people coming to the Garden on Sunday after- 
noon in 1918 than in 1914. | 
