The Floral World 



A journal of Home Floriculture 



Vol. I, No. n Springfield, Ohio, August, 1902 25 Cents a Year 



APPRECIATIVE WORDS. 



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 Tennessee. Mrs. Thos. Ledixger. 



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 In directing me how to care for house 

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Minn. Eleanor R. Bartlett. 



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 flowers that I longed to know. 



Ohio. Mrs. H. A. Woodson. 



My premium plants came in excel- 

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Texas. Mrs. V. H. Montgomery. 



PONDEROSA LEMON. 



My lemon tree bloomed on the first 

 of May, and its white blossoms are as 

 pretty as a tuberose. Its lemons are a 

 dark green, now about the size of a 

 thimble. It is so pretty and easy to 

 grow, I believe I could plant one any 

 month in the year. I told the neigh- 

 bors I could plant Good & Reese's 



roses in hot weather with success. I 

 slip grew, and the temperature at 98 

 lived. I cut one back a little and the 

 slip grew, and the temperature at 98 

 degrees — just ordinary soil. I set in 

 the shade a few days, but with good 

 light, now in full sun. I gave the 

 lemon the same treatment. 

 Illinois. Annie J. Paddick. 



A STRAWBERRY BARREL 



This is not original with me, though 

 two or three improvements have been 

 evolved from my own experiences. 



Take a barrel of convenient size 

 and bore good-sized auger holes six 

 inches apart all over it, removing the 

 top and boring holes in the bottom. 

 Put stones in the botom for drainage. 

 Fill with prepared earth, putting 

 strawberry plants in holes as you 

 come to them, the root inside ^nd 

 slanting up. This is important, as the 

 settling of the earth pushes the roots 

 down. When about a foot from the 

 top, set in a piece of old stove pipe 

 about fifteen inches long. It will set- 

 tle about three inches soon, making 

 the top level with the barrel top. 

 Plant around it as before. I find the 

 pipe useful for w^atering the lower half 

 of the barrel and also put old manure 

 in it for the water to soak through. 

 An umbrella plant looks pretty grow- 

 ing in the pipe. This strawberry bed 

 can be moved to any desired location, 

 takes little room, is easily protected, 

 and is a decided ornament to any gar- 

 den. Oxalis and many other plants 

 could be grown the same way. 



Ariz. Mrs. Thos. D. Satter^vhtte. 



