Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. IV St. Louis, Mo., October, 1916 No. 10 
PLANTS IN ECONOMIC HOUSE 
The permanent plantations in the various display houses 
having become well established, it is now possible to furnish 
a list of the plants to be found in these greenhouses. Begin- 
ning with this issue of the Butterin there will be printed 
from time to time as complete an inventory as possible of 
the various collections at the Garden, with such items of 
eneral interest concerning each plant as may be included. 
t is hoped that such lists may serve as a guide to each house 
until such time as a complete guide to the Garden can be 
prepared. 
CONDIMENTS 
_Amomum Cardamon. Scitaminaceae. Cardamom. — A 
ginger-like herb of the East Indies, 4-5 feet in height. The 
leaves are thick and spicy, and the seeds are the cardamom 
seeds of commerce. 
Camellia Thea. Ternstroemiaceae. Tea plant.—A native 
of Assam and probably also of China, eg 2 in the latter 
country it is known only under cultivation. Black and green 
teas are obtained from the same plant. Green tea is prepared 
by rapidly drying the leaves, considerable artificial heat 
being , whereas black tea is manufactured by a slower 
process, the leaves being withered and fermented. Tea is 
ee largely in India, Ceylon, China, Japan, and Java. 
or some years the plant has been grown in South Carolina, 
at first only experimentally, but now on a commercial scale. 
Both black and green teas are prepared from the domestic 
product, and while the total production is small, the plants 
are of very superior quality and the industry promises to 
grow. 
Cinnamomum Cassia. Lauraceae. Cassia.—A tree native 
of south China. The unripe fruits, cassia-buds, are used as 
a spice, chiefly in confections. Cassia-lignea is the bark of 
this tree and closely resembles the true, or Ceylon cinnamon 
and is used for the same purposes. The true cinnamon is 
obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum. 
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