The Floral World 



A 3^oumal of Home Floriculture 



VoU I, No. 4 Springfield, Ohio, January, 1902 25 Cents a Year 



THEY LIKE ''THE FLORAL WORLD." 



Permit me to thank you for the first 

 two numbers of "The Floral World." 

 It is just what we want, and we hope 

 it won't get spoiled as it grows older, 

 as some other floral magazines that I 

 could name. I am taking three others, 

 hut I must say in truth the little 

 "Floral World" is my ideal. You shall 

 have my subscription immediately, 

 and I will show it and try to interest 

 my friends. 



Iowa Mrs. P. W. Hopkins. 



I like our new paper so much. I like 

 it because the articles are all short 

 and timely. If your paper improves 

 as fast as it has done so far, it will do. 

 The second number was better thain the 

 first. I will try to send one or two new 

 subscribers as soon as possible. I am 

 glad you offered flowers as club pre- 

 miums. 



Oregon. Mrs. In a Kellogg. 



I think your journal a success. I am 

 especially pleased with its hints and 

 suggestions as to makeshifts and util- 

 izing common, every-day objects and 

 environments. People able to afford 

 greenhouses can usually afford exhaus- 

 tive works on any subject. Your mag- 

 azine will suit the masses by meeting 

 the conditions that surround the 

 masses. 



Yours for more and more flowers, 

 Iowa. Mrs. Eva I. Giriffith. 



If the numbers of your magazine 

 which are to follow are as good as 

 those I have received, I think they are 



worthy of a place in every home and 

 equal to any magazine of the kind I 

 have seen. 

 Connecticut. Mrs. R. J. Bradley. 



I am a great lover of flowers, and I 

 think "The Floral World" is just the 

 guide we need. I like it very much. 



Kansas. Mrs. B. R. Harris. 



WORK FOR JANUARY. 



Now is the time to thin out the win- 

 dow garden. Put away the plants that 

 are through blooming, making more 

 room for the ones that are trying to do 

 their best. Watch carefully for in- 

 sects. Frequent spraying, or sprink- 

 ling, will Keep down the red spider. 

 If you see any sign of scale put the 

 plant by itself and treat it to a bath 

 in soapsuds, scrubbing with a brush 

 until the scale is removed. 



In mild climates, now is the time to 

 plant sweet peas and poppies. I 

 have planted narcissus and tulip bulbs 

 in January, and they bloomed well. 

 Rose slips will root well if put in the 

 ground now in places where the winter 

 is mostly rain. In the window, the 

 bulbs that are through blooming can 

 be set in a place where they don't take 

 so much room that other plants need. 



If you have any dwarf abutilons, 

 which are blooming well, sprinkle 

 them frequently to keep the red spider 

 away. Infanta Eulalie is the loveliest 

 pink, and, after getting well started, 

 shows new buds always coming. 

 Grandiflora is a bright, pretty yellow; 

 Africain is a deep, dark red, and Snow- 

 storm pure white. These are all large 



