116 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 



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Botanical name Common name A ^JX' C £j£ e ° f s Ume°of Habitat 



bloom 



LBN Scilla sibirica 



var. alba White Siberian 



squill 3-6" White Feb.-April.Gardena 



B Tritonia 



crocosmae- 

 flora and 



varieties Montbretia 2-3' Yellow and 



orange. .June-July. Gardens 

 B Tulipa, species 



and varieties . Garden tulips Various 



colors. . .Mar.-May. .Oriental 



countries 



NOTES 



The October number of Parks and Recreation contains an 

 article by Mr. L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist to the Garden, 

 on "The Value of Parks to Posterity." 



On October 19 Mr. John H. Kellogg, f the Missouri Bo- 

 tanical Garden, spoke before the St. Louis Natural History 

 Museum Association at the St. Louis Public Library on "Fall 

 Mowers. ' ' 



Mi-. L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist to the Garden, gave an 

 illustrated lecture on "Our Native Plants: Their Conserva- 

 tion and Uses," September 23, before the Parent-Teachers' 

 Association of the Lock wood School, Webster Groves. 



The following lectures were delivered by Mr. G. H. Pring, 

 Horticulturist to the Garden, during his recent trip to New 

 York where he attended the convention of the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners: "The School Garden Movement of 

 Cleveland, Ohio," before the National Association of Gar- 

 deners, October 11; "Gardening in the Western States com- 

 pared with that of the Eastern States," before the Garden 

 Club of Flushing, New York, October 10; "Commercial 

 Gardening in the Middle West," before the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club, October 10. 



On Sunday, November 6, the annual chrysanthemum 

 show in the floral display house at the Garden will be open 

 to the public. Over :?,000 plants will be exhibited including 

 single-stemmed, bush, and basket forms. Some of the fea- 



