THE FLORAL WORLD 



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HINTS FOR LATE FALL 



When the frost kills the tops of glad- 

 ioli, cannas and dahlias, cut them off 

 five or six inches from the ground, 

 and leave them a week or two to ripen. 

 Dig on a dry day, and expose to the 

 sun and air; when dry put gladioli in 

 paper sacks or boxes. Keep free from 

 frost. Cannas, caladiums and dahlias 

 should be kept in sand or dry earth in 

 the cellar. 



The best protection for hardy roses, 

 I find, is banking the dirt up around 

 them, removing gradually as spring 

 advances. Old geraniums I keep piled 

 up on a shelf in the cellar, but they 

 must be at least one year old or they 

 will not keep that way. 



It has been said that plants would 

 not thrive where gas was used for 

 heating or lighting purposes, but I 

 have been very successful with coleus 

 and begonias in a room heated in that 

 way. Small jardinieres filled with wa- 

 ter are placed on the mantel and 

 hearth to supply the necessary mois- 

 ture. I don't water my plants every 

 day unless they really need it, then 

 giving them a generous amount. I 

 aim to keep the temperature at about 

 seventy degrees, admitting fresh air 

 daily, when the weather is not too 

 cold, but avoiding draughts. 



The Boston fern does well in a 

 room warmed only from the heater in 

 the sitting room; it gets the afternoon 

 sun, and is a thing of beauty all win- 

 ter. Towards spring, when growth 

 seems to weaken, apply some good 

 commercial fertilizer, according to di- 

 rections, in preference to liquid ma- 

 nure, which breeds insects in the soil. 



Spray your plants often, especially 

 the under sides of the leaves, to keep 

 down the red spider. For earth worms 

 use lime water prepared by dissolv- 

 ing a lump of fresh lime, the size of 

 your fist, in a pailful of water. Let 

 the soil in the pots get rather dry, 

 then give enough to wet the whole 

 ball of earth. The lime must be fresh. 



for slaked lime is of no use whatever. 

 Two or three applications are gener- 

 ally sufficient. For aphis I use white 

 hellebore, applied with a powder gun, 

 while the foliage is wet. 



Ohio. Mattie B. Poe. 



THE TWO HOMES 



As I travel around from place to 

 place I am often called to notice the 

 homes. In one I find the yard all bare, 

 dusty and dirty through neglect. There 

 is nothing in this yard for us to ad- 

 mire. The bright labels on the many 

 empty fruit cans may attract our at- 

 tention. They might be used for 

 flower pots and have lovely flowers 

 in them to ornament the home. We 

 enter that home. We cast our eyes 

 around. How dreary and dark. We 

 see no flowers or pictures. I think we 

 have great need of flower misionaries 

 in such homes. But all homes are not 

 alike. An education will elevate a 

 man or woman. So it will the home, 

 and that which is developed in the 

 home is the best and most abiding. 

 How important then that it be good. 

 The most refining and elevating of all 

 things are flowers in the home. They 

 cheer and charm us in the winter, and 

 these vines and flowers will shade 

 and sweeten the heat of summer. Let 

 us turn now to .nis other home for a 

 moment. See the beautiful flowers 

 along the walk. How we love to tarry 

 and admire and inhale the sweet fra- 

 grance as we pass along. See the 

 beautiful carpet of green between the 

 flowers, making such a lovely back- 

 ground for the roses and the many 

 other flowers Mrs. M. J. Hopps. 



Arizona. 



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