THE SHOW HOUSE 29 
Conservatory has a collection of more than 40 different species and 
varieties of begonias, including some very rare and little known ones, 
and is thus enabled to maintain a constant succession of bloom. 
During January, the emphasis in the display is on primroses, 
begonias, and bulbous plants. 
During February, the emphasis is on cinerarias and bulbous plants. 
During March, there is a special exhibition of shamrocks during 
the week in which St. Patrick's Day occurs. During the rest of the 
month the emphasis is on cinerarias and bulbous plants. 
During April of each year the Easter Exhibition of spring flowering 
plants is held. All the shrubs, bulbs, and perennials that bloom out- 
doors here in the spring are shown at this time. After January 1, 1926, 
according to an amendment to Quarantine Act 37, America will no 
longer be able to import bulbs of the great Narcissus family. Mr. 
Koch has recently conducted a thorough canvass of the sources of 
American-grown bulbs, and finds that the total output of the American 
growers is insufficient to meet the demands of a single large city, much 
less of the country as a whole. Unless the amendment is repealed in 
the meantime, the character of the Easter display will necessarily be 
greatly changed in the future. At the present time the many varieties 
of daffodils, jonquils, and other members of the Narcissus family form 
a most important part of the display. 
During May, the emphasis is on calceolarias, Martha Washington 
geraniums, and outdoor herbaceous plants—delphinium, penstemon, 
iris, and the like, that have been forced into bloom for this display. 
During June, the emphasis is on gladioli and fuchsias. 
* During July, the emphasis is on tropical flowering plants and 
ilies. 
During August, the emphasis is on crinums and lilies. 
During September, the emphasis is on tropical greenhouse plants 
such as the chenille plant, on torrenia—or “wishbone flower, and on 
large-leaved coleus. 
During October, the emphasis is on flowering hibiscus, jasmines, 
flowering plants brought in from outdoors, colored crotons, and colored 
acalyphas. 
