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August 13, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



The World of Plants in a Public Park at St. Louis» Mo. 



maidenhair- ferns or other plants to 

 •which snails are partial, it will pay to 

 look over them with a lantern, as the 

 pests work most at night. They hide 

 frequently in the holes at the bottom of 

 the pots, as well as among the young 

 growths. By using baits and lime you 

 will speedily lessen their ravages mate- 

 rially. C. W. 



SUNBURNT RUBBER PLANT. 



May I ask what is the trouble with my 

 rubber plant? It had become so large 

 that this summer I removed it from the 

 pot and planted it in my garden, where 

 it had good, rich soil. In about a week 

 most of the leaves turned an ugly shade 

 of brown and they still remain in that 

 condition, with no signs of growth. Will 

 you tell me what I had better do? Shall 

 I repot it and put it in the house 

 again? E. E. M, 



From the description given, it seems 

 most probable that this is a case of sun- 

 burn, owing to the soft condition of the 

 foliage at the time the plant was put 

 outdoors. I would not bring it in before 

 <5ool weather — in the latter part of Sep- 

 tember, for example, or at any time there 

 might be danger of frost. 



If the foliage is badly disfigured it 

 would be best to cut back the shoots, in 

 order to encourage some fresh growth, 

 giving the plant a mulching of manure 

 and leaving it out in the full sun. 



W. H. T. 



THE GLOBE IN FLOWERS. 



The accompanying illustration shows a 

 bedding design which is attracting an 

 unusual amount of public attention at 

 St. Louis. It is located at Bissell's 

 Point park, the old city pumping sta- 

 tion, and W. E. Eobinson, who was 

 standing in the scene when the photo- 

 graph was taken, is not only the general 



superintendent of all the parks under the 

 water department in St. Louis, but he is 

 the originator of this design. 



It will be readily understood that the 

 globe represents the earth, the picture 

 showing the side with the western hemi- 

 sphere. The globe revolves, but not auto- 

 matically, the employees taking the place 

 of nature's force in this instance in or- 

 der to give the plants on all sides their 

 share of the sun. The flower bed upon 

 which tlie globe stands is sixty feet in 

 diameter and the globe itself contains 

 32,000 plants. The globe was made of 



wood and it took a carload of soil to fill 

 it, and then they covered it with a wire 

 netting and sea weed. The continents 

 are made of alternantheras in four col- 

 ors. The oceans and the desert of Sa- 

 hara are made of Santolina incana and 

 sedums. In the design which forms the 

 base of the globe there are 16,000 plants 

 of Salvia splendens St. Louis and many 

 thousands of coleus, Ageratum Stella 

 Gurney, santolina, alternanthera, eche- 

 veria and sedum. 



Thousands of people visit the park 

 each Sunday to admire this design. 



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GROWER AND 



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THE GROWER'S STORY. 



I He Also Has His Troubles. 



I have been much interested in the dis- 

 cussion which has recently appeared in 

 the Review on the attitude of the retail- 

 ei-s toward the wholesalers, and how each 

 could help the trade in general by doing, 

 or not doing, certain things. As Mr. 

 Niessen says, cooperation would be a 

 grand thing, and let us hope he gets it, 

 and we all of us get it — it will help us 

 all. But what Mr. Niessen says about 

 overproduction brings another thought to 

 my mind, and one I have not seen men- 

 tioned in this discussion. If a grower 

 may be permitted to butt in on a debate 

 between the selling ends of the business. 



I should like to call attention to a situa- 

 tion now existing in which the wholesal- 

 ers could do a little cooperating with the 

 growers to, I think, mutual advantage. 



As Mr. Niessen says, the storekeeper 

 sometimes complains that he does not get 

 the same chance as the faker. Of course 

 it would be much better for the florists 

 if the storekeepers would have their bar- 

 gain days, as Mr. Niessen suggests, to 

 sell more flowers, and so help the florist- 

 grower. There would not be so much 

 stuff thrown away and no doubt it would 

 keep the faker off the streets a good bit. 



Consignments From Amateurs. 



But here is where my idea comes in. 

 Mr. Commission-man, listen! How many 

 of you handle flowers for amateurs? By 



