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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



NORTH WINDOWS. 



What will you have at that double 

 north window? L,et me tell you. Have 

 a long box made that will reach across, 

 one foot deep and wide enough to ad- 

 mit of a row of six-inch pots with a 

 row of five-inch ones in front. Have 

 the top of the box even with the win- 

 dow sill, for the plants — not the pots — 

 need the sun. 



Half way up the window casing, in 

 the center, have a four-foot bracket. 

 Below this have two one-foot brackets, 

 one turning each way. Up each side 

 casing put two two-foot brackets. 

 Hang a basket in each window so they 

 come half way down. Select baskets 

 that are deep. Shallow ones are a 

 snare and a delusion. They dry out 

 too quick and do not afford room for 

 the roots. 



Now for our plants. I have grown 

 them all, and what I have done, you 

 can do. Put asparagus sprengeri in 

 one basket, asparagus plumosa in the 

 other. You do not need anything else 

 with them. They may look lonesome 

 at first but they need the room and 

 will soon fill the space and you will 

 have something that will last, for, if 

 given rich soil and water, they will not 

 require repotting for more than a year. 

 For the brackets, have cyclamens, Chi- 

 nese primroses, begonias, cyrtomium 

 falcatum, called "holly fern," adicin- 

 tum cuneatum, panicum variegatum, 

 talinum fratens, white and green. For 

 the box, have a palm or a large sword 

 fern m the center, then select to suit 

 yourself, acacia fainesiana, arabia fili- 

 cifoiia, aucuba japonica, grevillea ro- 

 busta, phynumi variegatum, eurnymus, 

 silver and gold varieties, begonia ru- 

 bra, farfugum grana, anihericum va- 

 riegatum. When your pots of bulbs 

 are in bloom, set tnem in among these 

 plants, and you will be delighted at the 

 brightening of that double north win- 

 dow. Try it and tell us your success. 



Missouri. Annie E. Croft. 



ONE SMALL YARD. 



Last spring we moved to a town. 

 We had only a small yard front, four 

 feet from porch to pailings, while a 

 side yard four feet wide led to the 

 back yard, which was eighteen feet 

 wide and forty long. Yellow clay, 

 from the digging of the well, formed 

 the top soil of the back yard. 



I had brought my flowers, including 

 quite a number of fine rose bushes, 

 with me. These I felt anxious to set 

 out, but what a prospect! We hired 

 a man, who spaded the entire back 

 yard, then hauled good dirt and old 

 manure, and in less than a week the 

 place was much improved. We had a 

 path made on either side of the yard, 

 three feet from the fence, leaving a 

 plat nine feet wide in the center of the 

 yard. This we had sodded to within 

 twelve feet of the bac: fence, leaving 

 a circle four feet in diameter a short 

 distance from the front end, in which 

 I planted my Magna Cnarta, La France 

 and Gen. Jacqueminot roses. Then six 

 feet from that I left a space four by 

 three feet for my gladiolas. Between 

 the two I had a clump of carinas. 

 Against the fence at the west side I 

 put my sweet peas, and in front of 

 them planted my Harmosa, Magnoliai 

 and Ulrich Bruner. Between the roses 

 were several clumps of tuberoses. 

 Against the back fence we put morn- 

 ing glories. We put an arbor at a 

 back buiiaing and planted two moon 

 flowers. Between the back fence and 

 plat, I found room for my Chrysanthe- 

 mum's. On the other side of the yard, 

 to the front, I placed my dahlias; at 

 the back porch the Baltimore Belle 

 and Clematis. The whole idea and its 

 execution was "home made" and mod- 

 est. But I thoroughly enjoyed the 

 work. So did my husband. And my 

 back yard was lovely. 



Delaware. Mrs. G. W. Bowman. 



