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Tradescantia zebrina var. tricolor. Commelinaceae. Wan- 
dering jew.—A trailing, succulent, perennial herb, native of 
Mexico. The leaves are red-purple on the under side, silvery 
white suffused with purple on the upper. The plant is used 
extensively for covering banks in greenhouses, for hanging- 
baskets, ete. It roots at the joints and is readily propagated 
from pieces of stem. 
Washingtonia filifera. Palmae. Weeping palm.— A 
native palm of California, Arizona, and Mexico, and com- 
monly cultivated in California. It grows to a height of 40 
feet and has a straight trunk with a shaggy collar of de- 
flexed dead leaves. The effect is striking and picturesque. 
This is the most hardy of American palms. 
Washingtonia Sonorae. Palmae.—A Mexican palm grow- 
ing 25 feet high. The leaves are 3-4 feet in diameter, 
glaucous, and filiferous. The fruit is edible. The plant is 
used for decorative effects. 
LECTURE COURSE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 
SMALL PLACE 
By request there has been arranged a course of eight lec- 
tures on “The Development of a Small Place” to be given 
at the Missouri Botanical Garden. These will be held in 
the graduate lecture room in the office building, entering 
through the street door on Tower Grove Avenue between 
Shenandoah and Botanical Avenues, on Wednesdays at ten 
a. m., beginning November 7. The fee for the course 
will be five dollars. 
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NOTES 
Prof. J. M. Coulter, of the University of Chicago, spent 
the day at the Garden, October 15, and in the evening spoke 
before the Academy of Science on “The Relation of otahy 
to Present Economic Problems.” 
