134 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
its supporting, arborescent branches assuming a conical shape. 
The hundreds of pure white flowers were beginning to fall, but 
despite this fact it still presented a wonderful sight. When 
looking at this specimen my thoughts turned to our plant in 
the aroid house which has been established for over four years 
without yielding a single flower. Many other climbers were 
in full bloom, including the Allamanda, Tabernaemontana, 
Bignonia, ete. 
DECORATIVE AND FLOWERING PLANTS 
‘‘The highest leaf coloration is presented by the many hor- 
ticultural forms of Codiaewm variegatum, better known as 
erotons, which are used in our country for summer bedding 
plants, window-boxes, general decorations, ete. In Jamaica 
the plants grow luxuriantly, the foliage coloration being be- 
yond description. Next in point of interest are the many 
species of Acalypha represented chiefly by the green-leaved 
A, hismda, with its red flower spikes, and the highly colored 
A. macrophylla. While coleus is used to a great extent for 
bedding plants they are allowed to grow high, and the result 
is not as pleasing as with us, where they are clipped short. 
‘‘The main palm collection borders the main walk or drive 
and terminates at the administration building. Some excel- 
lent specimens noted were the fish-tail palm (Caryota wrens) 
and Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, the latter forming massive 
clumps through the medium of the many basal shoots. Cocos 
plumosa and the royal palm (Oreodozxa regia) both towered 
to a height of fifty to seventy-five feet, the trunks terminated 
by the graceful somewhat drooping leaves. The rarest palm 
seen was the double cocoanut, Lodoicea sechellarum, planted 
near the water-lily tank. Not having seen this species for 
many years I took it for a Sabal palm, but upon closer exam- 
ination the large double plicate leaves indicated its identity. 
The plant is about fifteen feet high and the only specimen in 
the collection. 
‘‘The collection of orchids does not include a comprehen- 
sive number of the West Indian types, since, according to Mr. 
Downes, it is hard to establish the plants from the interior. 
The foreign genera, especially the Burmese non-pseudobulb- 
ous type, such as Aerides, grow remarkably well, huge masses 
being established upon trees. A noteworthy species was 
Aerides odoratum in full bloom, bearing fifty large pink 
pendant spikes. In addition to those established upon trees, 
