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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
REMARKABLE FLORAL GLOBE IN ST. LOUIS 
FLORAL GLOBE AT ST. LOUIS WATERWORKS PARK. 
The big floral globe, designed and 
built by W. E. Robinson, chief gar- 
dener of the St. Louis Water Depart- 
ment the last two summers, has been 
constructed again this year at Bis- 
sell’s Point, St. Louis. The globe, 
which shows the continents and 
islands of all the world in different 
colored plants, has attracted wide at- 
tention as a feat in floral work. 
This year Mr. Robinson will water 
the structure by a new process which 
he believes will overcome one of the 
greatest difficulties met with the two 
previous summers. A system of 
curved and perforated pipes within 
the globe will supply moisture to the 
lower two-thirds of the structure and 
the upper part will be watered from 
the outside. 
There are .32,000 individual plants 
used in the globe, and 19,000 
more in the beds about the globe. 
Four varieties of alternantheras are 
used in fashioning the continents and 
islands. Santolina is planted for the 
Sahara desert, sedums for the oceans. 
In the beds will be alternantheras, 
Santolina, echerveria, St. Louis salvia, 
lamania ultima, dwarf ageratum and 
sedum. 
The globe is so constructed that it 
revolves easily, and is turned one- 
third around every day to give all 
parts equal sunshine. 
The ingenuity of the builder was 
taxed to find a suitable means of get- 
ting at the various parts of the globe 
to put in the plants. A curved ladder 
was finally devised. The ladder does 
not touch the body of the globe at 
all, so may be used without injury to 
the plants. 
An iron pin protrudes from a socket 
at the top of the globe and the top 
of the curved ladder is fastened to it. 
The ladder may be swung around, as 
on a pivot, or the gardener may keep 
the ladder stationary and turn the 
globe when he wants to -work in dif- 
ferent parts of the structure. The 
ladder will remain on the globe to 
be used in caring for the plants. 
The last two seasons this floral 
wonder has led many visitors to the 
Water Works grounds at Bissell’s 
Point. 
OIL AND THE ROAD MAINTENANCE PROBLEM 
The earliest experiments with oil as 
a remedy for the dust problem were 
made in California and its use in that 
state has become quite general and 
markedly successful. The results at- 
tracted widespread attention and ef- 
forts to secure similar results in nu- 
merous municipalities in the East 
were soon reported. That the results 
accomplished in the Eastern territory 
have not always been so successful as 
in California was due to the use of un- 
suitable oils. 
In the earlier stages of the business 
the public was led to believe that any- 
thing black and sticky was good for 
a road, and some dealers deluged the 
roads with the refuse from gas houses 
and refineries. The engineer then 
stepped in and laid down specifica- 
tions as to what a suitable oil should 
contain, and the manner of applying 
it, 
Standard Asphalt Road Oil is the 
preparation used by many experts and 
it has been given severe tests on au- 
tomobile racing courses as well as 
NORTH BROADWAY, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK. 
Treated with Standard Road Oil; Untreated 
Portion of Road in Eistance. 
DRIVE IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK. 
Treated with Emulsifying Road Oil. 
