THE FLORAL WORLD 



OUTDOOR BEAUTY SPOTS. 



The articles on rockeries in tlie 

 April Floral World are good, if rock- 

 eries are desired. But do we want 

 tnem, if not in harmony with 

 our surroundings? Think over the 

 situation before one is made. Ferns 

 ;and wild flowers in an out-of-the-way- 

 nook, with a few moss-grown stones 

 -irregularly placed, as though by na- 

 ture, are restful and pleasing, but a 

 symmetrical arrangement of stones 

 in a mound, where nature gives no evi- 

 -dence of their existence, does not car- 

 ry out the eternal fitness of things. I 

 have even seen the stones white- 

 washed. Think of the incongruity! 



When planning beauty-spots let us 

 wisely consider whether the arrange- 

 ment admired in neighboring gardens 

 is appropriate to our own. Better 

 adopt plans that harmonize perfectly 

 with our own surroundings. For a 

 porch with sunny eastern exposure, 

 place a long box outside the porch 

 railing, filled with luxuriant plants 

 and vines. Beneath plant a row of 

 scarlet salvia, then one of caladiums, 

 next one of scarlet geraniums, edged 

 with sweet alyssum. Most of the 

 plants can be raised from seeds or 

 •cuttings. 



Michigan. Mrs. E. R. B. Barber. 



A FEW HINTS ON TRANSPLANTING. 



Having lost but two out of over 

 1,000 seedlings set out in sunshine, I 

 will tell my secret. It is strawberry 

 baskets. Turn a little water in each 

 hole, carefully put in the seedling, fill 

 in and press the soil about it, then 

 give a good watering; next a mulch 

 of dry soil. Now cover each plant 

 with a strawberry basket, which will 

 protect from the sun, but not keep out 

 the air. A heavy shower ruined some 

 that were not covered, while the oth- 

 'ers were unharmed. Remove the bas- 

 inets in a few days, when it is cloudy. 



or at night. Don't crowd the plants. 

 Asters, stocks, etc., look lonesome at 

 first, twelve to eighteen inches apart; 

 so do verbenas, two to three feet, 

 but soon the branches will be so in- 

 tertwined that you cannot see the 

 ground. 



Cutworms work at night. If you 

 carefully search in the earth near the 

 eaten plant you usually find them. A 

 bran mash, with a little molasses and 

 Paris green to flavor, spread about 

 the plants at night, will finish Mr. 

 Worm. 



Maine. Aroline. 

 TWO PRETTY GARDEN NOVELTIES. 



Try a Gypsy camp-fire this summer 

 and see how quaint and pretty it is. 

 Make a strong tripod, drive it into the 

 ground far enough to make it firm. 

 Then suspend an iron pot from it, 

 filled with rich, loamy earth. In this 

 plant sweet alyssum and candytuft. 

 Under and around the pot set scarlet 

 geraniums or freesias. When in bloom 

 and seen from a little distance there 

 is a wonderful resemblance to a 

 steaming pot with a bright fire be- 

 neath. The tripod and pot is very 

 pretty with weeping lantana to hang 

 over the sides and pansy geraniums 

 in the center. 



This floral basket we never tried, 

 but it is said to be lovely. You make 

 it thus: In the spring set willow 

 twigs in the ground in the shape of a 

 basket, weaving them together; then 

 put two long willows on opposite sides 

 and twist together to form a handle. 

 Fill with soil and plant dwarf nastur- 

 tiums or phlox inside. Water the 

 base of the basket copiously to insure 

 the willows living, and keep them 

 well trimmed in shape. When your 

 nasturtiums bloom, your friends will 

 ihink you have gathered a basket of 

 flowers and forgotten to bring them 

 in. 



Virginia. Bridget. 



