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THE FLORAL lVORLT> 



The Floral World 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE 



FLORAL WORLD COMPANY, 



12 to 14 South Limestone Street, 

 Springfield, Ohio. 



Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year. 



Correspondence invited from all persons interested in 

 flowers. Write us your experience with plants. 



We will give |26.00 in prizes for the 

 five best articles for publication in the 

 May number of The Floral World 

 which may be submitted by subscribers. 



The first prize will be $10.00; the 

 second, $7.50; the third, $5.00; thefourth, 

 $2.50; and the fifth, $1.00. The awards 

 will be announced in our July issue. 



No article which contains more than 

 two hundred words will be considered. 

 All contributions entered in this prize 

 contest must reach us not later than 

 April 1. 



The purpose of these prizes is to se- • 

 cure for publication in The Floral 

 World matter which gives the actual 

 experiences in flower growing of those 

 who have subscribed for the journal. 

 Prizes offered for articles published in 

 the February number have been awarded 

 as follows : 



Mrs. John P. Ernst, Missouri, first 

 prize. 



Annie E. Croft, Missouri, second prize. 

 Miss Laura Jones, Kentucky, third 

 prize. 



A. Elizabeth Badger, Missouri, fourth 

 prize. 



Mrs. G. W. Bowman, Delaware, fifth 

 prize. 



SOME SEASONABLE HINTS. 



Now is a good time, with the holi- 

 days and their pleasures in the past, to 

 while away some of the long winter 

 evenings by holding consultations with 

 the floral catalogues. By selecting 

 seeds and plants now, an early order 



can be sent in, you will get better 

 plants by avoiding the later rush, and 

 will not have a belated garden. You 

 will also derive much pleasure from 

 anticipating the flowers you expect to 

 have during the coming summer. 



It will not be very long before the 

 seeds of cineraria and Chinese prim- 

 rose can be sown in boxes in a sunny 

 window. The last of February or first 

 of March will insure good plants for 

 the winter. Do not forget to order 

 plenty of seed for the long rows of 

 sv/eet peas. Without them no garden 

 is complete. Plan for your geranium 

 beds, order young plants as soon as 

 danger from frost is over. They will 

 have time to get gradually accustomed 

 to the change from the greenhouse be- 

 fore planting out, and one can derive 

 much pleasure from them in the mean- 

 time. 



Watch the cannas and caladiums 

 stored in the cellar to see that they are 

 keeping well. They can be potted in 

 March, and, when the time arrives for 

 putting outdoors, fine, growing plants 

 will be ready for you. Chrysanthe- 

 mums may be brought up in February 

 to make growth for cuttings in March. 

 Hydrangeas may be brought to the up- 

 per regions in February, pruned, re- 

 potted, watered and placed in a shady 

 warm corner until they show growth. 

 Then place them in a sunny window. 

 A little forethought now will bring a 

 rich harvest later on. 



WORK FOR MARCH. 



March is the month in which to root 

 your slips and plant your seeds, if you 

 want a good start. I have two boxes, 

 miniature hot beds, you would call 

 them, three feet long, one and a half 

 wide. I can not afford glass, so the 

 top is covered with canvas. I put three 

 inches of drainage in the bottom and 

 use leaf mold for soil. I find this soil 

 does not pack or dry out so quickly, 

 and the seeds come up nicely and 



