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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



a lot more flowers, wliich is what we 

 all want. If not prepared to have 

 these, select bulbs and plants that 

 like a cooler room, such as hyacinths, 

 narcissus, . etc., and always include a 

 pot or two of sweet violets (or pan- 

 sies). They bloom here all winter 

 — outdoors — if given a protected situ- 

 ation, like under a low-spreading 

 evergreen tree or the corner of a pal- 

 ing or hedge where the sun can reach 

 and yet are protected from cold winds 

 and let the leaves drift over them 

 (not pack) and you can find a' bou- 

 quet at Christmas or any other time 

 of the winter. 



Georgia. (Miss) M. E. Greene. 



In North Carolina the rose gera- 

 nium withstands the winter with the 

 tops cut off and sawdust spread over 

 the stump, and in spring it sprouts up 

 beautifully. 



Both fish and rose geraniums do 

 well in a shaded situation. 



They should be pinched into good- 

 shaped plants, and this also adds to 

 their appearance and is a great help 

 to them. When let grow to their own 

 will they are broken and twisted by 

 the wind. 



The fragrant-leaf apple geranium 

 should be raised from seed; they ger- 

 minate very easily. 



For dining-room decoration scarlet 

 and white geraniums slipped late in 

 autumn and potted in smallest size 

 pots will give remarkable clusters of 

 bloom. Several pots may be set in a 

 rustic basket, making a unique and 

 cheerful centerpiece. 



Geraniums are very pretty planted 

 along a walk in rows, each color in 

 separate rows. 



For house culture they should get a 

 good ducking every week in clean 

 water to keep the soil from getting 

 sour. 



Pa. Miss Edna Janet Gray. 



MAKE HOME BEAUTIFUL. 



The fiower garden should not be 

 neglected, in the rush of other work. 

 Plant flowers to bud and bloom. The 

 flower garden, of all spots on earth, 

 should be pre-eminently woman's 

 own. It is important, in beginning a. 

 garden, to stock it with good shrubs 

 and herbaceous perennials. With or- 

 dinary cultivation these will give 

 bloom and beauty year after year. 



April showers are favorable for 

 transplanting annuals. Gardenings 

 without seed planting would seem 

 anamolous. Never buy poor, cheap^ 

 seed. Do not start seed in too soft,, 

 boggy earth. I mix sand with garden 

 soil. If you have never gardened, buy 

 a good manual and study it. There is 

 considerable art in seed planting. 



Every garden should have a bed of 

 pansies. I buy plants which the flor- 

 ist started in February, and so have 

 early flowers. By all means plant 

 sweet peas. Poultry-wire netting 

 makes the best support for these 

 plants. Cut the blooms every morn- 

 ing, to prevent seed pods. For a 

 showy bed, plant nasturtiums, having, 

 a soil of only moderate richness. 

 Have also a bed of cannas. Give 

 them good, rich soil, and they will 

 grow to perfection. 



Neb. Mrs. Harriet W. Leighton. 



THE WINDOW AND THE CONSERVATORY. 



You will find five out of every six 

 bay windows or conservatories that 

 are too much crowded with common, 

 plants to excite admiration as they 

 should. It should be our study to 

 have only the finest fiowers and to 

 grow them with the attention they re- 

 quire to develop them satisfactorily. 

 A few well-grown plants of popular 

 sorts and some of the rarer kinds will 

 afford more pleasure than a jumble of 

 sorts good, bad, or indifferent. Easily 

 grown plants that respond to the am- 



