The Floral World 



A journal of Home Floriculture 



Vol. I, No. 3 Springfield, Ohio, December, 1 90 1 25 Cents a Year 



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I received the sample copy of your 

 little magazine last night, and it seems 

 to be just what I am in need of. I 

 take two floral magazines, but we am- 

 ateurs need a paper that gives the ex- 

 perience of other beginners, if we are 

 to be really benefited. Wishing you 

 success, I am, yours truly, 



Kansas. Mrs. J. J. Overstreet. 



Let us who are subscribers to The 

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 lications of the kind. It is just now 

 in its infancy, and a little effort on 

 our part in its behalf will help won- 

 derfully in making it a success. Its 

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 sure we each can get for it one or 

 more subscribers. None of us who 

 have grown flowers at all but have 

 learned something about them that 

 others would like to know. Then 

 through the columns of the magazine 

 let us give them the benefit of our ex- 

 perience. There is a sweet affinity 

 between all flower-loving persons, a 

 congeniality that seems to draw us 

 together. Would it not be pleasant 

 for us to have a magazine we can call 

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 other, feeling tnat whatever concerns 

 one, whatever promotes the success 

 of any, is of interest to all? With 

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 the growth and development of our 

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Tennessee. Mrs. M. C. Ryall. 



WINTER PROTECTION OF ROSES 



The above caption implies some- 

 thing to protect— that is, strong heal- 

 thy roses; not weak, sickly things 

 that have battled all summer with 

 drouth, worms and an impoverished 

 soil, leaving them little vitality with 

 which to exist in mild weather, to 

 say nothing of the rigors of winter. 

 If we mothers want our babies plump 

 and rosy, we are careful to see that 

 they are cared for and nourished. 



First prepare the bed either in 

 spring or fall, by digging two feet 

 deep. Now, my sisters, let me tell 

 you a secret — this is an opportunity 

 to utilize all the old shoes, bones, 

 stones and any such rubbish that may 

 be in the way. Put in six inches of 

 this for drainage. If the soil re- 

 moved is not clay, add one-fifth clay, 

 with sand enough to make friable. 

 Add two parts well rotted cow ma- 

 nure. Mix and return to the bed. 

 Set plants two feet apart and a little 

 deeper than they were before, adding 

 soil and water alternately, priming 

 the soil well each time. Shade for a 

 few days and keep moist. As cold 

 weather approaches apply three or 

 four inches of coarse manure. When 

 cold and the ground is hard frozen, 

 put on six inches of excelsior. Mine 

 is held in place by woven wire around 

 the bed a foot high. This is much 

 neater than barrels, boxes and leaves 

 for protection. I have never tried 

 anything so good as the excelsior. 



Missouri. Mrs. Gandace Powell, 



