MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 5S 
NOTES 
Mr. L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist to the Garden, gave an 
illustrated lecture before the Study Club of Collinsville, Illi- 
nois, March 7, on ‘‘ Arboriculture.’’ 
Dr. B. M. Duggar, Physiologist to the Garden, gave a talk 
on ‘‘The Life Relations of Some of Our Wild Mushrooms,’’ 
before the Webster Groves Nature Study Society, March 3. 
The February issue of the Gardeners’ Chronicle of America 
contains an illustrated article on ‘‘The Orchid Exhibit at the 
Missouri Botanical Garden,’’ by Mr. G. H. Pring, Horticul- 
turist to the Garden. 
Dr. George T. Moore, Director of the Garden, spoke before 
Centenary Methodist Church, March 1, on “What to See at 
the Missouri Botanical Garden,’’ and before the vocational 
class of Cleveland High School, March 10, on ‘‘Professions 
Depending Upon Botany and Gardening.’’ 
Dr. George T. Moore headed a discussion on ‘‘Co-operation 
of Civie and Scientific Institutions in Establishing a Natural 
History Museum in St. Louis,’’ given at the Publie Library, 
February 22, under the auspices of the St. Louis Natural 
History Museum Association. 
The following spring flowers have been noticed blooming 
out of doors at the Garden: snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), 
since February 15; pussy-willow (Salix cinerea), March 1; 
chickweed (Stellaria media), March 1; fragrant honeysuckle 
(Lonicera fragrantissima), March 10; hazel (Corylus ameri- 
cana), March 14; narecissus (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus), 
March 16; crocus (Crocus vernus), March 16; silver maple 
(Acer saccharinum), Mareh 17; Cornelian cherry (Cornus 
mas), March 18; golden-bell (Forsythia intermedia and F. 
viridissima), March 18; liver-leaf (Hepatica acutiloba), March 
18; jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum), March 18; elm (Ulmus 
americana, U. campestris, and U. fulva), March 18. A com- 
parison of the time of blooming of the same plants in 1921 
and 1922 (see February, 1921, BuLLETIN), shows that all the 
plants flowered from two to four weeks later this spring than 
last, this being a more normal season. 
