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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



CAPE JASMINES 



I have just finished planting one 

 dozen cape jasmines, which I rooted 

 in a jar of water. They grow nicely 

 with us in the open ground the year 

 round. From experience. I find the 

 quickest and safest method of propa- 

 gating this beautiful flower is to 

 break the flower with a long stem, 

 pinch ofE the flower, and place the 

 branch in a glass jar fllled with wa- 

 ter. Put the jar wnere the sun will 

 shine on it, and as the water evapo- 

 rates, fill with fresh water. In a week 

 or ten days little white roots will be- 

 gin to form. As soon as the roots are 

 large enough, which will be in a few 

 weeks, transplant in a box of coarse 

 white sand. When they commence to 

 put out new leaves, add a little earth 

 and manure. After a week or so (the 

 first rainy day) transplant in the gar- 

 den where you want it to grow, giv- 

 ing plenty of water and protection 

 from the sun, for a few aays. 



Texas. Mrs. A. Grain. 



PALMS 



Of all house plants, palms are the 

 least disappointing. They have no 

 flowers, therefore you expect none. I 

 have several of different kinds, the 

 largest a filifera," being twelve years 

 old and having immense leaves and 

 large trunk. It is now in a half bar- 

 rel. It has set out doors in all the in- 

 tense heat of last summer, borne all 

 the winds and even endured frosts and 

 a severe hail storm, but is all right to 

 adorn any room it may occupy this 

 winter, though too large for my plant 

 window. The "latania" comes next in 

 m.y estimation, but is of slower growth. 

 After tiiat come the Kentias. 



In resetting a palm, choose a deep 

 vessel rather than a large one. They 

 do better when the roots can run down. 

 They like good, rich, porous soil, 

 plenty of drainage, and not too much 

 sun and water in the winter. 



Nebraska. Grace A. Flory. 



THE WINTER WINDOW GARDEN 



Arrange your winter window gar- 

 den as early in September as possible, 

 or as late as December if impossible 

 to do so earlier. Twelve to sixteen 

 plants are enough for an ordinary 

 one. Were my space limited to six- 

 teen plants, they would be: Picus, 

 Boston fern, cyperus alternifolius, 

 asparagus sprengerii, asparagus 

 plumosus, grevillea robusta, acacia, 

 nicotiana affinis, impatiens sultana, 

 cineraria hybrida, geraniums Asa 

 Gray, single new life, and pennyroyal 

 scented, with leaves of softest emer- 

 ald velvet; oxalis, bowei and buttercup, 

 and a palm, balmoriana or filifera. If 

 any one, having tried these plants for 

 winter, can give a better list, we 

 would like to have it. More than half 

 of them can be grown successfully in 

 a north window, with no direct sun- 

 light — a great advantage, surely — 

 given ordinary garden soil, good 

 drainage, warm water in abundance, 

 but only when they get dry. They will 

 yield a continuous supply of flowers 

 and fine foliage for many months in 

 the winter season. 



Of course, a good showering — a 

 whisk broom will answer for the pur- 

 pose — twice or thrice a week, to keep 

 clean and free from insects; a drink 

 of Bowker's Plant Food twice a month 

 after growth starts in earnest; and 

 protection from draughts of cold air, 

 are among the little essentials of suc- 

 cess. If any one has room for two 

 dozen, add begonias rubra and san- 

 guinea; lopesea rosea; libonia pen- 

 rliosiensis; senecio petasites; abuti- 

 lon Enfanta Eulalia, lobster cactus 

 and a basket of othouna. The writer 

 often feels like going into the nice, 

 steam-heated homes here in a big city 

 and pulling down the heavy draperies 

 from the big south windows and fill- 

 ing them with baskets, brackets and 

 pots of these God-given beauties. 



Illinois. I. A. Auld. 



