MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 5) 
there are now to be found here about 30 varieties of plants, 
growing either completely or partially submerged, such as it 
is not ordinarily possible to show in a garden. 
Indoor Floral Displays——The removal of the fuel and other 
restrictions incident to the war made it possible to resume 
the indoor floral displays in November, at which time there 
was staged an attractive chrysanthemum show. ‘This was 
followed by the usual Christmas display of poinsettias, pep- 
pers, narcissi, etc. An innovation this year was the extensive 
use of the pink and white poinsettias, and for the first time 
the orchids were grouped in the floral display house. The 
orchid show, which will now be an annual feature, will enable 
the Garden to satisfactorily display the extraordinarily 
large number of these plants which, since the acquisition of 
Mr. D. 8. Brown’s orchids, excels any other collection in the 
country. 
School for Gardening.— In October the School for Garden- 
ing, which, because of the war, had been closed for over a year 
and a half, was reopened. Mr. Alexander Lurie, Horticul- 
turist to the Garden, having resigned to go into commercial 
work, the school was temporarily placed in charge of Mr. G. 
H. Pring, formerly Floriculturist to the Garden, but whose 
title has been changed to that of Horticulturist. Mr. L. P. 
Jensen, for a number of years in charge of the grounds of the 
Busch estate, has been added to the instructional force and 
will in addition have charge of the trees and shrubs at the 
Garden under the title of Arboriculturist. Mr. Paul A. Kohl, 
graduate of the School for Gardening in 1917, and who, ex- 
cept for the time absent in France, has been associated with 
the School Garden work of the Board of Education, becomes 
Floriculturist to the Garden on January 1, 1920, and will 
likewise give instruction in the school. It is anticipated that 
at least one addition to the staff will be made during the com- 
ing year. There are now the following holders of Garden 
scholarships in attendance at the school: Miss Virginia Me- 
Math, Mr. Robert Mitchell and Mr. James Monteith. 
Vocational Training for Soldiers—The Federal Board for 
Vocational Education of Disabled Soldiers, realizing that the 
Missouri Botanical Garden was one of the few places in the 
country where specialized instruction in plant propagation, 
general greenhouse work, principles of landscape gardening, 
etc., could be adequately given, has entered into an arrange- 
ment with the Garden whereby men under its supervision can 
receive both practical and theoretical training as gardeners. 
