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THE FLOP A L IVORLT) 



The Floral World 



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CALLA BULBS. 



After the usual season of rest and 

 drying, my calla bulbs (not unusually 

 large) were potted in good earth, with 

 which was mixed about two cents' 

 worth of powdered glue to each pot. 

 Nothing further in the way of care or 

 fertilizing was used, and at the pres- 

 ent writing one pot containing one bulb 

 has thirty leaves; some of them, aside 

 from the stems, being fourteen inches 



long; three blossoms, two buds, and 

 I have picked five blossoms from it 

 already this year. The blossoms and 

 stems are thirty-eight inches long. It 

 stands in a large, forty-eignt-inch wide 

 window, and fills it entire. 



I attribute all of this to the glue, 

 which is the fertilizer best adapted to 

 the calla. 



New York. Mrs. D. H. T, 



THE RIGHT TIME TO PREPARE FOR WINTER 



If you want a nice window garden 

 next winter, begin now. Don't wait 

 till summer to start slips. Don't wait 

 till fall to buy young plants. Get them 

 now, repot as they need it, and have 

 them in good blooming condition 

 when taken in. 



Most varieties will need to have 

 buds pinched off, to make them store 

 up their energies for winter. I never 

 find it necessary with begonias or 

 abutilons. They may bloom when they 

 please, and, if well treated, will not 

 fail to bloom well in the house. Be- 

 gonias have very fine, delicate roots, 

 and need an open, porous soil. The 

 arbutilons need rich dirt and plenty 

 of water after becoming well estab- 

 lished. 



When you bed out your geraniums 

 save a few for winter blooming. Such 

 varieties as Souvenir de Mirande and 

 Mme. Bruant are lovely, and will 

 bloom all winter if kept in pots during 

 summer. 



Give tnem just enough water ta 

 keep them from wilting, and pick oft 

 the buds till early in September. 

 Then give more water and some fer- 

 tilizer, and don't let them stay out on 

 frosty nights. 



Missouri. Mrs. M. P. Burch. 



I wish The Floral World the best of 

 success. 



Kentucky. Miss. L. J. 



