MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 147 
General Index 
Figures in italics refer to page numbers of plates and cuts. 
A 
Acorns, white oak, as food, 32; 
used in making meal, 32; muffins 
made from, 32 
Acroclinium roseum, 136 
Addition, out-of-town, to the Gar- 
den, 3 
Ailanthus, 69 
Amaranth, globe, 136 
American Orchid Society, the first 
exhibition of the, 61; medal 
awarded to Garden at, 94; silver 
cup awarded to Garden at, 95 
Ammobium alatum, 186 
Ampelopsis Hoggit, 87 
Annual bequests, 9 
Annual report of the director for 
1923 (thirty-fifth), 1 
Antirrhinum “Indian Summer,” 135 
Aquarium exhibit in the floral dis- 
play house at the Garden, 2, 99 
Aquilegia californica, 72 
Aralia pentaphylla, 69 
Arsenal Street garden, an, 79, 80, 
82 
Artichoke, Chinese, 103 
Aster Amellus, 134, 135; cordifolius, 
134, 135; novae-angliae, 134, 135; 
novi-belgii, 134, 185 
Attendance, Garden, for 1923, 22 
B 
Backyard gardens, 79 
Barberry, 39; red Japanese, 136 
Beautifying a railroad station, 83 
Berberis Thunbergii, 39, 70 
Bittersweet, false, 136 
Black jack, 31 
Brasso-Cattleya, 62; “Penelope,” 
129, 130 
Brasso-Laelio-Cattleyas, 62 
Bucus sempervirens, 39 
C 
Cacalia coccinea, 1386 
Cattleya Schroederae, 128; Trianae, 
128, var alba, 129, 129. 
Celastrus scandens, 136 
Celosias, 135 
Chrysanthemums, 135 
City gardens, a spring visit to some, 
79; what to plant in, 69 
City planting zones, 74 
Coleus parviflorus, 103 
Colombia, expedition to, for orchids, 
6 
Columbines, 72 
Construction at Garden during 
1923, 1 
Cornus florida, 71; stolonifera, 70 
Crop Protection Institute, fellow- 
ship of, 16 
Crownbeard, 105 
Cup, silver, awarded to Garden at 
first annual show of the Amer- 
ican Orchid Society, 95 
Cymbidiums, 62 
Cypripediums, 63 
D 
Daffodil bulbs, poisoning caused by 
eating, 52 
Dahlia show, first St. Louis, 2 
Decree of court disposing of pas- 
ture land at Garden, 4 
Director, thirty-ninth annual report 
of the, 1 
Dogwood, flowering, 71 
E 
Eremurus for St. Louis, 41; at the 
Garden, 41 
Eremurus robustus, 42 
Evergreens, 70; recommended for 
various St. Louis districts, 76 
