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THE FLORAL WORLD 



CONVENIENT PLACE FOR FLOWERS 



All cannot afford a bay window or a 

 conservatory, and to those I will tell 

 how I manage. On the south side of 

 my dining room I had a little room 

 built which contains four windows, 

 one on each end and two on the side, 

 and a door opening from the dining 

 room which may be only curtained to 

 keep out the dust. In the center I 

 have a good, solid table, and on this 

 I keep an oil heater. On the heater I 

 have a pan of water, which supplies 

 the necessary moisture. Through the 

 day the heat from the dining room is 

 enough. I have a shelf two feet wide 

 on which I nailed strips two inches 

 wide. This is lined with tin and 

 painted to keep it from rusting. In 

 this I set my pots, putting ,the lowest 

 ones next to the window, and fill the 

 tin with water, which will both water 

 and catch the drainage. About half 

 way up I have another shelf one foot 

 wide finished the same way. Here 

 I keep my pots of bulbs and low-grow- 

 ing plants. I have dark green shades, 

 and if the sun gets too hot I lower the 

 shades. On one end and in the hottest 

 place I keep my cacti, and they do 

 well. I do not give them much water. 

 I turn my plants about once a week, 



California. Mks, N. R. Anderson. 



NOTES ON THIS AND THAT 



A touch of frost will weaken your 

 house plants for the entire winter. 

 Get them into the house early, and 

 keep the newly potted plants in some 

 sheltered place for awhile before you 

 take them in. An immediate change 

 from the garden to the house will have 

 a bad effect on them, but aim to get 

 them all in before you need to have 

 a fire. 



Do not forget to have a big box of' 

 good soil set away where it will not 

 freeze. You will need it before the 

 winter is over. 



Do not manure hard-wooded shrubs 

 until the ground freezes, else they will 

 start a second growth that will winter 

 kill. 



Take up that Nicotiana affinis that 

 is full of buds and pot for winter. It 

 will bloom till spring, and if kept 

 partly shaded the blooms will remain 

 open all day. In spring cut well back, 

 set out in the garden, and it will be 

 mucn better the next winter. 



The foliage of heliotrope will turn 

 black when the soil gets too dry. They 

 require more frequent watering than - 

 most plants. Give soot water once a 

 week. A. Elizabeth Badger. 



Missouri, 



VIOLETS IN COLD FRAMES 



The simplicity of violet culture and 

 their value as cut flowers should make 

 violets general favorites with am- 

 ateurs. Through the middle South 

 they may be grown most perfectly in 

 cold frames. 



Dig the pit two feet deep, sloping 

 and facing south; fill six or eight 

 inches with loose, rich soil and set in 

 the plants, which may be had of any 

 good fiorist as early as September, 

 though it is better to buy small plants 

 in the spring and give them the sum- 

 mer to grow in, being careful to keep 

 all runners pinched off. The glass 

 need not be put over the frames until 

 frost comes, and should be opened 

 every bright day through the warm 

 part of the day. The soil should be 

 kept rather moist. In rainy or snowy 

 weather a board covering to turn wa- 

 ter will be necessary, and in severely 

 cold weather an old piece of carpeting 

 thrown over the glass will insure 

 against frost creeping in. 



California, Luxonne, Lady Camp- 

 bell and Swanley White are fine va- 

 rieties. With moderate care these will 

 furnish an abundance of blooms. 



Miss Maeguerite Caldwell. 



Tennessee. 



