. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo4. The American Florist. 349. ENTRANCE TO ARNOLD ARBORETUM, BOSTON, MASS.—See page 34S. The reason for this is that the natural soil is a coarse gravelly sand, that drains away the water almost as fast as it falls, so that a constant application seems necessary. Although they are so handicapped, I have never before seen such uniformly green and beautiful grass plats. Everywhere one looks they appear the same and it seems a race between sprinkler and lawn mower as to which shall do the most, one or the other bei
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo4. The American Florist. 349. ENTRANCE TO ARNOLD ARBORETUM, BOSTON, MASS.—See page 34S. The reason for this is that the natural soil is a coarse gravelly sand, that drains away the water almost as fast as it falls, so that a constant application seems necessary. Although they are so handicapped, I have never before seen such uniformly green and beautiful grass plats. Everywhere one looks they appear the same and it seems a race between sprinkler and lawn mower as to which shall do the most, one or the other being busv all the time. The mountain scenery is magnificent. Those who took the trip to Asheville can form some idea when told that the mountain ranges were two to three times as high. The ride through these by the "short line" to Cripple Creek is most magnificent. It is forty miles in length, winding through the most rugged moun- tains and gorges, altogether up hill, unti'J>''e mining city comes into view on th^' ' i of a little valley, the altitude thfcti '<*{ng over 10,000 feet. The streets there aii. ^t right angles, the town being on the south side of a steep hill. The main street is divided longitudinally in the center by a wall, the houses and road on one side being about fifteen feet higher than on the other. There are no lawns in this hurriedly-built town, although many of the houses are of brick. Quite a number of windows were filled with plants, geraniums, etc., which were full of bloom. 1 noticed also a florist's sign in a store window. Having a friend in Victor, an adjacent mining camp, I was permitted to go down into a mine. After a ride in an ore bucket down 475 feet, the bottom of the shaft was reached. The surroundings are all granite rock. The gold bearing stratum is a some what softer stone which is from four to five feet in thickness and continues the same almost to the surface of the ground. At this point it extended across the claim which i
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