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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
LIST OF BULBS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS 
3 Dis- 
‘ Time Depth tance 
Botanical | Common |Hardi-|Flower| of of a Standard Color 
name name ness | period] plant-| plant- plant-| Variety 
ing ing ing 
Tritonia Montbre- | Hardy| July | Oct. | 3in. | 3 in 
Pottsii tia and | or Orange, scarlet 
Aug. | March 
{ Late ‘Bouton Yellow 
tulip |Hardy| May | Oct. | 4in. | 6in. d’Or : 
Innocence | White 
May Queen|Lilac 
Tulipa ; Bronze 
Gesneriana|| Darwin |Hardy| May | Oct. | 4 in. | 6in. Queen Old gold 
Painted si 
Lady | White | 
| Glow Vermilion 
(Parrot. |Hardy| May | Oct. | 4in. | 6in. | Dracontia |Red, yellow 
Duc Van. |Crimson, yellow 
Thol 
3 Chrysolora | Yellow 
Cottage : 
Maid Pink 
T. suaveolens} Early |Hardy| April! Oct. | 4in. | 6in. |4 Vermilion 
: tulip Brilliant |Scarlet 
Pink 2 
Beauty | Rose-pink 
Proser- 
pine Deep rose 
PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND HEAT BY PLANTS 
as the 
vation of plant habits. 
The discovery of the luminous property of nasturtium 
iy 
Phosphorescence or the emission of light by insects, such 
fly, has attracted the attention of everyone, but its 
occurrence among plants is of such a sin 
atively rare occurrence as to be known on 
attention is directed more 
lar or compar- 
to those whose 
or less constantly toward the obser- 
leaves is ascribed to a daughter of Linnaeus, who published 
her observations in the 
‘Transactions of the 
tockholm 
Academy” for 1762, under the title “Remarks on a lumin- 
ous appearance of Indian cresses.’”’ 
Pulteny in his 
naeus,” refers to 
which had never been no’ 
arise from a fulminating 
“General View of the Writings of Lin- 
the matter as follows: 
f “This appearan 
ticed before, is like the sparks that 
powder, and was first observed by 
ce, 
