PLANTS NOW IN BLOOM 
Among the woody plants in flower about the time this 
Leaflet is issued, is the Spice Bush {Benzoin aestivale ), which 
has small yellow flowers borne on the leafless twigs, and is a 
native of eastern North America. It is in the Local Flora valley. 
Also, A Inns glutinosa, a European tree alder, related to our own 
swamp shrub, will be in flower. It bears its conspicuous flowers 
in drooping catkins. One of the most showy shrubs or small 
trees to bloom before the appearance of its leaves is the Cornelian 
Cherry ( Cornus Mas). This plant is covered with hundreds of 
tiny yellow flowers on the otherwise naked twigs. Among the 
herbs one of the earliest flowering is the Coltsfoot ( Tussi/ago 
Farfara). Its showy orange-yellow heads, resembling dandelions, 
are borne at the end of a scaly flower-stalk, and have, over a 
period of ten years, bloomed between the 17th of March and the 
middle of April. This year it should be in full bloom about the 
6th of April. Numerous other species in the rock garden and in 
the wild flower collection will also be in bloom by the time this 
Leaflet is issued. 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til dark; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a m. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily (except Sundays), from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. (Saturdays, 9- 
12). The Conservatories are open April 1-October 1, 10 a. m. -4:30 
p. m. (Sundays, 2-4:30); October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
(Sundays, 2-4). 
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to teachers. 
The Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
October to November, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn. 
N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn. 
N. Y. 
