THE FLORAL IVORLD 



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ateur's treatment should be given 

 preference. When these are obtained 

 do not crowd them together promis- 

 -cuously. 



Hanging baskets are always deco- 

 rative, and a large vase for a center 

 piece adds not a little to either win- 

 dow or conservatory. Brackets on 

 the sides of the window are much 

 prettier than shelves. They display 

 the different plants so much better. 

 A pedestal or two set around in cen- 

 ter of conservatory with a fine grown 

 specimen of a plant on it will call 

 forth much praise. 



Mrs. O. H. Hereford. 



A PRETTY BED ARRANGEMENT. 



Last summer I reserved eighteen 

 inches of ground around three sides 

 of the house and had a great flat oval 

 bed on the northeast slope of the 

 yard. Around the veranda we plant- 

 ed white and purple beans and ma- 

 deira vines, and under the windows 

 sowed mixed morning glories. On 

 one side of the bay window were 

 scarlet geraniums and nicotinias; oh 

 the other pink oxalis and white gera- 

 niums with golden coreopsis scat- 

 tered around them. On the south side 

 of the house grew the chrysanthe- 

 mums and cosmos. In the center of 

 the large bed a lantana was set and 

 around it in rows according to height 

 vv^ere touch-me-nots, petunias, candy- 

 tuft, dianthus and verbenas. The 

 border was a mass of sweet alyssum. 

 The beds were beautiful with the con- 

 trasting colors, and the profusion of 

 flowers furnished great handfuls for 

 the vases, the cemetery, and for our 

 Iriends who were less successful. 

 When the first snow came it found 

 chrysanthemums and cosmos waving 

 their snowy plumes In the very face 

 of winter. 



Missouri. Mrs. F. D. Gardner. 



Broken or burnt bones are the very 

 best drainage for flower pots. 



PREPARATION FOR THE WINDOW GARDEN. 



It will not do to wait until fall to 

 begin preparations for the window 

 garden. Slips will not be a success. 

 One must begin in the early spring to 

 procure plants and to root slips, and 

 grow them through the summer. 



In most window gardens the helio- 

 trope is a complete failure; so is also 

 the hibiscus and oftentimes the gera- 

 nium. There are some plants that 

 will grow with very little artificial 

 heat and others that require very lit- 

 tle sunlight, so, if you cannot give 

 your greenhouse plants greenhouse 

 privileges, it is best to leave them 

 alone, and procure plants that will 

 not only live, but grow and bloom in 

 the ordinary window garden. 



One usually wants trailing plants 

 for baskets and side brackets, and 

 for this purpose the Boston fern, Rus- 

 sellia Grandiflora and Asparagus 

 Sprengeri are all excellent if procured 

 early and grown through the sum- 

 mer; then they are large enough to 

 make some display during the winter. 

 Carnations procured now will make 

 blooming plants by February or 

 March of another year. Sweet violets 

 should be procured now, bedded out 

 until September and then potted for 

 the window. 



In making your plans include some 

 bit of greenery for cut flowers. 



Kentucky. Laura Jones. 



A PRETTY COMBINATION BED. 



A thing of beauty is a joy forever. 

 Make a diamond shaped bed. Any or- 

 dinary soil will do. Place in the cen- 

 ter Marguerite daisies, which grow 

 three and four feet high. Surround 

 these with the white and pink peren- 

 nial phlox alternately; for the border 

 sow seed of the white and pink an- 

 nual phlox, and you have a bed. which 

 will grow in beauty each year. 



Mich. (Miss) Amiael Hyne. 



