PLANTS NOW IN BLOOM 
In both the synoptic collection and Japanese Garden the dif- 
ferent species of Iris are now at their best, and in the beds of the 
Buttercup family the columbines will be in full flower about the 
time this Leaflet is issued. In the wild flower garden the flame 
azalea ( Rhododetidron calendulaceum) is in full flower, and along 
the shaded path are good masses of the water-leaf Hydrophyllum 
virginianum. Near this are a few flowers of the shy Orchis 
spectabilis, one of the most difficult of our native orchids to grow. 
Throughout the grounds, in the border planting, the different 
varieties of wiegela, pink and white, are just now very showy. 
Curiously enough, the mountain laurel, usually so splendid about 
this season, has practically no flowers this year. 
N. T. 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til sunset; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. The Conservatories are open April 
1-October 1, 10 a. m.-4:30 p. m.; October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
The Garden may be reached by Flatbush Ave. trolley to Malbone 
St.; Franklin Ave., Lorimer St., and Tompkins Ave. trolleys to 
Washington Ave.; St. John’s Place and Rogers Ave. trolleys to 
Sterling Place; Vanderbilt Ave., Sixteenth Ave., Union St., Green- 
point, and Smith St. trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union St., 
and Brighton Beach elevated to Consumers’ Park Station. (The ele- 
vated trains stop only when the conductor is notified in advance.) 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. This service is free to members of the 
Botanic Garden and to teachers with classes; to others there is a 
nominal charge of 25 cents an hour for parties of less than three, 
and 10 cents a person per hour for parties of three or more. 
Current numbers of Leaflets are free to all who wish them. 
Back series, complete, 50c. each; single numbers, 5c. each. 
Tbe Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
September to October, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
at Washington Avenue and Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. 
Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
