THE FLORAL H^ORLD 



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ABUTILONSAND CINNAMON VINES. 



The abutilon, or flowering maple 

 is as easily cared for as a geranium, 

 but requires a liberal supply of water. 

 It blooms in the winter, and brightens 

 the room with its bell-shaped flowers 

 of pure white, different shades of yel- 

 low, ranging from pink to dark shades 

 of red. The leaves of the plant are 

 beautiful in shape and color, without 

 the blossoms, but I have found them 

 free bloomers. 



For a vine for all places I find the 

 cinnamon vine fills every requisite. 

 It has handsome leaves, glossy green 

 and pointed, blossoms small and fra- 

 grant, nothing to admire, but the vine 

 is beautiful, attaining a height of fif- 

 teen to twenty feet in a season. In 

 the fall the vines die down to the 

 ground, are hardy, have seeds that 

 look like miniature potatoes. 



Connecticut. Mrs. R. J. Bradley. 



ROOTING ROSE SLIPS. 



Rose cuttings may be rooted with- 

 out the aid of a hothouse. Prepare 

 the bed as for rooted roses, by throw- 

 ing out two feet of soil, filling in six 

 inches for drainage and the remain- 

 der rich, fertile soil. Two by four 

 feet will hold sixty slips. Just after 

 a blossom has matured the wood is 

 usually in prime condition. 



Cut slip with four buds; firm soil 

 over two; cover with glass jar till 

 leaves start, then lift slightly for air. 

 Shelter from hot sun; keep soil moist. 

 Slips may be rooted in this way from 

 early spring till freezing weather. 

 Those placed under jars in fall will 

 be ready for spring growth. 



My cuttings, kept in wet sand un- 

 der fiower benches in pit without ar- 

 tificial heat, by March are healed and 

 ready to set out. 



Missouri. Esema Vandivert. 



SWEET PEAS. 



Sing a song of Sweet Peas, 

 Growing in a row, 

 In the flower garden. 

 Where warnn breezes blow. 



Sing a song of Sweet Peas, 



Red and white and blue, 

 Colors of our flag here, 



"Wave the sunnmer through. 



Sing a song of Sweet Peas, 



Blithe they wave and gay, 

 Optimists of flowers. 



Care cannot stay. 



Sing a song of Sweet Peas, 



Full of gladness, so 

 None can but love them 



Everywhere they blow. 

 Ohio. Annice Bodey Calland, 



CALIFORNIA POPPIES. 



(See iUustratioa on cover of this issue.) 



Poppies are the brightest flowers in 

 bloom now. They rival the roses of 

 June. Impressed with their beauty,, 

 as all beholders are, the amateurs ap- 

 ply three rules to heart, and succeed 

 in cultivating these dazzling red,, 

 w^hite and yellow beacon lights of the 

 garden. First, gather the seeds ripen- 

 ing in June, and either sow them at 

 once, broadcast, or reserve them till 

 fall and sow them over the beds pre- 

 pared for bulbs. They will not inter- 

 fere with the bulbs. The seeds lie 

 dormant through all changes and se- 

 verities of weather, springing to life 

 early in the spring. The pretty little 

 seedlings in whitish-green, scalloped 

 leaves, look tender, but are iron-clad. 

 Never sow poppy seeds in spring. 



Do not transplant. Let the top 

 roots anchor the plants to their birth 

 spot. Let them bloom and seed 

 where they are born. Then sow the 

 seeds in sunny places. Poppies flour- 

 ish only in the hot sunshine. Orient- 

 al poppies are the brightest red, Cali- 

 fornia poppies the flnest yellow sorts. 



Louisiana. Mrs. G. T; Drennan. 



