2 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
the extension of the plots for testing various grass mixtures 
to be used on lawns and golf courses, this feature now com- 
prising some thirty experiments calculated to furnish definite 
information as to the best mixtures for specific purposes in 
and around St. Louis; the building of a small garden east of 
the floral display house for exhibition during the St. Louis 
Garden Club show; and the addition of some 2,000 shrubs to 
the nursery. This latter now includes over 10,000 trees, 
shrubs, and perennials, the majority of which will be ready 
for use in the spring for planting along Alfred Avenue. 
Fifteen hundred hardy chrysanthemums, comprising forty-five 
varieties, were likewise grown here during the summer and 
transplanted for display in the Garden beds early in the fall. 
In addition to the usual flower shows, comprising the 
chrysanthemums, orchids, cinerarias, amaryllis, begonias, 
ealadiums, ete., there was held early in October the first dahlia 
show ever attempted in St. Louis. While this was something 
of an experiment, the results showed such a wide interest in 
the dahlia among amateurs in St. Louis that it will probably 
become an annual event. The fourth annual show of the 
Garden Club of St. Louis was held May 26 and 27, and for 
the first time this was restricted entirely to amateurs, the 
growth of interest in the show making it no longer necessary 
to depend upon exhibits from commercial growers. At the 
fall show held at the Armory by the St. Louis Flower Show 
Association the Garden exhibited orchids, a collection of hardy 
chrysanthemums, and some of the more interesting economie 
plants brought from the West Indies in bamboo pots. While 
the Garden did not enter these displays in competition, one 
of our new water-lilies, ‘‘General Pershing,’’ was awarded the 
silver medal given by the Society of American Florists and 
Ornamental Horticulturists. The Shaw gold medal which 
has not been awarded for several years went to Mr. J. H. Hill, 
of Richmond, Indiana, for his new rose ‘‘Sensation’’. The 
St. Louis Aquarium Society held an exhibition at the Garden 
on September 14, 15 and 16. Over a hundred aquaria con- 
taining over fifty varieties of fish were entered. The Garden 
displayed some thirty varieties of aquatic plants, many of 
them adapted for aquarium purposes. Although this exhibit 
was not in competition for a prize, it was so favorably re 
