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Crocus Day Rose Garden Day (June) 
Daffodil Day Japanese Iris Day 
Tulip Day Water Garden Day 
Rock Garden Day Tfall Rose Garden Day 
Japanese Garden Day Canna Day 
Iris Day Chrysanthemum Day 
On each of these occasions a specialist gives an illustrated talk 
on the flower of the Day, followed by a tour of inspection of the 
flowers in bloom on the grounds of the Garden. The speakers are 
either members of the Garden staff who have made a special study 
of the flowers in question, or invited experts in their breeding or 
growing. During the outdoor inspection, members may discuss 
with the leader questions of desirable varieties, culture, disease, etc. 
1e Laboratory Building, tea is served. The ex- 
any 
On the return to t 
ercises commence at 3:30 p.m. 
These Flower Days, now an established feature of the Garden’s 
activities, have come to be of more than local interest. In 1934 
was the occasion of 
”” 
the Botanic Garden’s “ Rock Garden Day’ 
the first annual meeting of the American Rock Garden Society. 
Similarly, in other years, the American Iris Society and the Ameri- 
can Rose Society have held their meetings at the Garden and have 
joined with the Garden members in the celebration of their respec- 
tive Flower Days. 
Conservatories 
The Garden conservatories contain a collection of tender and 
tropical plants. Of special interest for teachers of nature study 
and geography are the following useful plants from the tropics 
and subtropics: banana, orange, lemon, lime, kumquat, tamarind, 
West Indian cedar (the source of the wood used for cigar boxes), 
eucalyptus, Manila hemp, sisal, pandanus (source of the fiber used 
yevines from north 
— 
for making certain kinds of fiber hats), fig, gra 
and south Africa, date palm, coconut palm, chocolate tree, coffee, 
sa, cocaine plant, black pepper, 
— 
tea, ginger, bamboo, mahogany, ba 
annatto (used in coloring butter and cheese), cardamom, o 
pomegranate, logwood, durian, mango, sugar cane, avocado (so- 
called “alligator pear”), West Indian and other rubber plants, 
— 
ive, 
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banyan, religious fig of India, and numerous others. 
