MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 



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Botanical name Common Approx. Color of 



name height flowers 



Syringa Josikaea Lilac 6-10 . .Violet. . 



Syringa persica Persian lilac. 4-10' . .Lilac. . . 



Byringa villosa var. 



Emodi Lilac 3-6 ...White.. 



Syringa vulgaris and 



varieties Common lilac. 6-10 ..White. 



reddish, 

 purple. 



Tamarix africana African 



tamarix 10-20' . .Pinkish 



Tamarix gallica Tamarix 10-20' . .Pinkish 



Viburnum Carlesii. . . .Viburnum .... 3-5 . . .Rose- 

 pink. . . 



Viburnum dilatatum. .Viburnum 6-10' . .White. . 



Viburnum Lantana. . . Wayfarer's 



tree 8-15' . .White. 



Viburnum Sieboldii. . . Viburnum .... 8-18' . .White. 

 Viburnum tomentosumVibumum .... 6-8 . . .White. 

 Vitex Agnus-castus . . .Chaste tree — 3-5' .. .Purple. 

 Vitex Agnus-castus 



var. alba Chaste tree. White. 



Vitex Agnus-castus 



var. caerulca Chaste tree Blue. . . 



Xanthoceras sor&i/oZiaXanthoceras ..10 20 ..White. 



Approx. 

 time of 

 bloom 



Habitat 



June .... 

 . May-June 



. .June-July 



Hungary 

 Asia 



Asia 



, Apr.-May Europe to 



Asia 



May-June Europe 



May-June Europe 



May Japan 



. May-June China, Japan 



.May-June Europe to 



Asia 



.June China, Japan 



.June China, Japan 



. May-June Europe to 



Asia 

 .May-June Europe to Asia 



. May-June Europe to Asia 



. .May-June China 



NOTES 

 A part of the senior class of the library- school of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois visited the Garden library, April 1, during 

 a tour of the libraries of St. Louis. 



Mr. L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist to the Garden, gave an 

 illustrated lecture on "The Principles of Landscape Garden- 

 ing" before the St. Louis Association of Gardeners, March 9, 

 and before the St. Louis Florists' Club, March 16. 



Mr. G. II. Pring, Floriculturist to the Garden, gave a lan- 

 tern-slide talk, April 6, before the St. Louis Association of 

 Gardeners, and April 14, before the St. Louis Florists' Club on 

 "The International Flower Show of New York." 



Dr. George T. Moore, Director of the Garden, spoke before 

 the Men's Club of St. Michael and All Angels Church, March 

 31, on "Gardens, the Weather, and the Soil," and before the 

 Graduate Club of Washington University, April 18, on "Tech- 

 nical Botany." 



Recent visitors to the Garden include Mr. L. W. Durrell, 

 of the Missouri Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, 



