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THE FLORAL M^'ORLD 



20 Fine Ffeesia Bute 



ONLY 25 CENTS. 



We will send you a splendid collection of 

 wenty bulbs for only twenty-five cents. Three 

 ollections, sixty bulbs, only fifty cents. Sing'e 

 nibs, or collections of less than twenty, two 

 entseach. Address 



THE GOOD Sc REESE CO., 



p. O. Box 71. Springfield, Ohio. 



FOUR O'CLOCKS. 



(.Concluded from page 15.) 

 again, there are the four o'clocks just 

 waking up, it always seems to me 

 with added beauty. Their perfume 

 takes me back to my youthful days, 

 when I made chains of their blossoms 

 by putting one within another. I hope 

 some Floral World sister who does 

 her own work and whose feet go out 

 and in her back door as often as do 

 mine will try my four o'clocks. 

 Mich. Mrs. Mary Hooper. * 



INQUIRIES. 



^^Oiile my roses are strong and vig- 

 orous, and apparently free from in- 

 sects, the rose buds seem to be in- 

 jured while quite small, and when 

 opened out the outside leaves are 

 dried and curled up, spoiling the 

 beauty of the rose when in full bloom. 

 Will some one give the cause and cure 

 for this trouble? Also, cause and cure 

 for small ants on roses? 



Kentucky. C. Bremaker. 



Will some reader of Floral World 

 please give directions for making a 

 small pit? Keeping flowers through 

 the winter is my greatest trouble. 

 Should like to hear from other read- 

 ers concerning the care of flowers 

 during the winter season. 



Kentucky. Mrs. M. W. 



Will some one tell me in the Floral 

 World what will keep snails from eat- 

 ing off young plants that have just 

 been set out? I lost one dozen fine 

 asters last night. This morning there 

 were a number of snails on the 

 ground. 



New York. Catherine M. Look. 



Will some one write about the care 

 of fuchsias in the Floral World, as I 

 do not know anything about them ex- 

 cept that they are a delicate plant? 



Conn. Mrs. A. J. Givens. 



NO description can do adequate 

 r justice to the beauty of the 

 Freesia. The flowers are two inches 

 long, and about the same in ^^ddth, 

 shaped like miniature Gladioli, and 

 borne in clusters of six to ten on de- 

 pressed horizontal scapes. The body 

 of the flower is pure white, large 

 segments, spotted with yellow. The 

 perfume is most delicious. The cul- 

 tivation of the Freesia is of the 

 simplest, as the bulbs require only to 

 be potted, watered sparingly at first, 

 placed in a sunny -svindow, and 

 watered more freely as growth pro- 

 gresses. To have the best results, 

 the bulbs should be planted during 

 July or August. Late planting is 

 he cause of nearly every failure with 

 ^ reesias. We have an enormous 

 ^ ock of the finest Freesia bulbs, 

 ^^rder at once, and insure success by 

 Planting early. Our prices are the 

 Powest consistent with good quality. 



