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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



ROOTING CUTTINGS. 



We should now be busy starting 

 slips as well as seeds for planting out- 

 doors. I had a number of geranium 

 and begonia cuttings given me in Jan- 

 uary. I was doubtful of starting them, 

 but set each little slip in a tiny pot of 

 sandy loam, pressed the soil firmly 

 around it, then set the pots in a zinc 

 pan, filled around them sand, watered 

 all well, and set on a warm shelf in 

 my plant window, which is like a tiny 

 Toom facing the south. Every slip is 

 growing and two are already budded. 

 L-ater, when the weather is warmer, I 

 prefer to root slips in a glass of water 

 in a sunny window. I enjoy watching 

 ■the roots form and fill the glass; one 

 does not feel tempted to pull the cut- 

 ting up to S9e if it has rooted. I take 

 •each rooted slip from the glass of 

 water in May when the weather is 

 -warm and the ground in good condi- 

 tion, and plant it out of doors, then 

 "keep the buds pinched off all summer 

 and enjoy blooms in the winter. 



Nebraska. G. A. Flory. 



PERENNIAL PHLOXES. 



Among the many valuable and beau- 

 tiful flowering plants that come to our 

 notice in the list of perennials, these 

 ■ought to hold a prominent place, and 

 April is the time to send for and se- 

 cure these plants. 



There are several shades or colors, 

 also a pure white. The dwarf varieties 

 grow very bushy and compact, and 

 are loaded with bloom all summer 

 long. The giant varieties make a 

 lovely background for those of lower 

 growth. 



Plant in very rich soil, watering 

 freely. The fiist year the panicles of 

 bloom will not be so large as they will 

 be in the years to come, as they take a 

 year or two to get a good start. If an 

 increase of plants is desired, divide the 

 ffoots. This can be done every few 

 years. 



JJvery year they must be fed with 



new rich soil. The first winter they 

 will need some protection. Cover 

 them with leaves or strawy manure. 

 Iowa. Mrs. L. O. Whitaker. 



ANSWERS TO SOME QUERIES. 



Yes, Mrs. Cobenour, "there are sev- 

 eral different Hoyas," but Mrs. Pleas' 

 "hoya oornita" is hoya carnosa. The 

 printers made a mistake as they some- 

 times will. Besides the well-known 

 "carnosa" there is hoya belle, a 

 smaller grower, but most beautiful; 

 hoya paxtonice, hoya cunninghamii, 

 hoya cuniamomifolia with chocolate 

 flowers; hoya campanulata, the bell- 

 flowered hoya, pale greenish yellow 

 flowers; hoya globulosa, straw-colored 

 blooms; hoya lasiantha, orange and 

 white; hoya liner is, white, pink cen- 

 ter; hoya palidifolia, white; hoya 

 shepherdii, white and rose; hoya im- 

 perialis, the largest grower of all, a 

 fine stone climber with very large 

 blooms of yellow and brown; hoya 

 ovalifolia, bright yellow, red center; 

 hoya curpurerfusea, blooms purplish 

 brown; hoya pallida, straw color, pink 

 center; hoya coriacea, yellow and 

 brown. But the old carnosa, belle and 

 paxtonice, are really the prettiest of 

 all. The last two are of shrubby 

 growth and can be grown in bush form 

 with ease, in case you do not want a 

 climber. 



All cyclamens that I have ever had 

 were fragrant, not strong, but of a 

 faint, sweet; elusive fragrance. 



No, I can truly say that a Chinese 

 lily, after blooming, is only fit to throw 

 away. 



Missouri. Annie E. Crafts. 



CAN ANY READER HELP? 



The Floral World, my first, came to 

 me after spending days studying gar- 

 dening books trying to avoid too many 

 mistakes in my spring list. I was 

 seized with depression when reflecting 

 upon the probable difference between, 

 my idea and its realization, my work 



