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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



pouring in water from which the chill 

 has been taken until it runs over 

 enough to have completely changed 

 it. Now set the dish in a cool, light 

 place away from the sun. In a week 

 or more bring them into a sunny 

 room. By the time they have been 

 planted from three to four weeks they 

 will be a mass of fragrant blooms. A 

 dish of these lilies in bloom makes a 

 lovely Christmas or New Year's gift 

 that will be a delight to each member 

 of the household fortunate enough to 

 receive it. 

 Iowa. Mrs. L. O. Whitaker. 



MY CULTURE OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



About the middle of June my bed 

 for chrysanthemums was spaded and 

 well prepared with mixed fertilizers, 

 thoroughly rotted. After a good rain 

 my small plants were taken from the 

 three-pound tomato cans, finely root- 

 ed, and placed in holes two feet apart 

 each way. After the dirt was pressed 

 firmly about them, I gave tnem a 

 good drenching of soap suds until 

 they were started. About two months 

 later my plants, as I thought at the 

 time, were ruined by having old plas- 

 tering scattered over and around 

 them (by a careless workman), the 

 drouth came on, and I was almost in 

 despair over my poor plants. I had 

 as much of the trash removed as pos- 

 sible, then the long-looked-for rain 

 came and my plants once more put 

 forth new growth. I took all the fer- 

 tilizer I could get, piled it close about 

 them and kept them wet with suds 

 from washings. The pinching of 

 limbs and buds kept me busy the rest 

 of the time, and not an insect about. 

 They have repaid me in lovely blooms. 

 I have a lean-to of old sashes placed 

 over them against the southeast end 

 of the house. I will have my pretty 

 blooms until Christmas holidays, I 

 think. 



Alabama. Mrs. W. D. Brown. 



WHY NOT A ROSE DAY? 



Where all roses are so lovely, it is. 

 hard to make a choice, but their adap- 

 tation to our special need must be 

 considered. If we desire roses that 

 will bloom from year to year without 

 the probable task of replanting, the 

 hybrid perpetuals is the class best 

 suited. There are the "June roses," 

 and, contrary to expectation, seldom, 

 bloom again during the summer, 

 though if the dried blossoms are pre- 

 vented from maturing into seed after 

 the first flowering is over, they will 

 continue to bud and blossom until 

 fall. 1 have gathered a small nosegay 

 of perpetuals grown in a private gar- 

 den as late as October, but the plants 

 must be well nourished and cared for 

 to produce so well. 



In the perpetual class we have the 

 royal Jacquiminot, Giant of Battles 

 and Madame Charles Wood, all crim- 

 son; the exquisite Madame Plantier,. 

 Coquette des Blanches and Madame 

 Joseph Desbois, all white; Countess 

 Serenye, flesh color. Baroness Roths- 

 child, Paul Myron, Mrs. John Laing, 

 varying shades of pink. 



These few named varieties with a 

 hardy Persian yellow rose, and two 

 moss roses, red and white, would 

 form a good collection for a small 

 garden. 



Included in the list of hardy roses 

 we also flnd the beautiful climbers, 

 which are unsurpassed as vines for 

 verandas. 



Lastly we come to the hybrid teas,, 

 noisettes, bourbons and fairy roses^ 

 which include so many charming 

 members that it seems an almost 

 endless task to enumerate. 



Where pleasure grounds are exten- 

 sive, the roses should have a plot to 

 themselves, quite removed from the 

 other garden flowers. Then, sur- 

 rounded by a privet or lilac hedge 

 which will afford protection from the- 

 rude winds, yet not exclude light and 

 heat, climbers, dwarfs and standards 



