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who come, I snip off all the full-blown 

 ones, leaving them on the ground. 

 Keeping the open roses cut off is a 

 threefold good. It prolongs the 

 "blooming season, preserves the vital- 

 ity of the plant, and serves as a fer- 

 tilizer. Of course, these older bushes 

 don't need watering. The younger 

 roses, not fully settled in their new 

 quarters, receive the same attention 

 with the additional care of stirring 

 the soil and mulching throughout the 

 hot summer, and watering whene'er 

 needed with suds fi'om the weekly 

 wash, which also enriches the ground. 

 The cuttings receive the same treat- 

 ment as the young roses except the 

 soil must be kept moist and they 

 must be protected by evergreen 

 boughs or glass jars, summer or win- 

 ter. 



Georgia. (Miss) M. E. Greene. 

 A FLORAL EXCURSION. 



[In answer to the "puzzler" in The 

 Floral World for July.J 



The steamer laft the dock early in 

 the morning with a party of excur- 

 sionists composed of four distin- 

 guished gentlemen — Cardinal, Supple 

 Jack, Marsh Eder, Men-of-the-Earth; 

 also four ladies of high distinction — 

 Victoria Lily, Lady Fern, Rosemary, 

 Queen-of-the-Prairie. One of the la- 

 dies was noted to be Sloe, but consid- 

 ered a Rutland Beauty, and was given 

 the Rush. 



After reaching the Willow forest, a 

 basket was opened and the contents 

 proved to be a tempting lunch, a 

 meat, a berry, a vegetable, a fruit, a 

 nut, a condiment, a candy — Duckmeat, 

 Dewberry, Radish, Peach, Chestnut, 

 Cayenne Pepper, Marsh Mallow. Af- 

 ter dinner one of the ladies accident- 

 ally spied three buds on a cotton tree. 

 Quicker than a flash one of the gen- 

 tlemen Rose and fired Indian Shot, 

 which missed its aim and struck one 

 of the ladies. There being no physi- 



cian present, the wound would Leek 

 until there was a Gill-over-the-ground. 

 Fearing death might result, her af- 

 fianced was called. Being much 

 grieved to see his Love-lies bleeding, 

 he administered Indian Physic and 

 tied the wound with soft grass and 

 started homeward. 

 Louisiana. Mrs. W. N. White. 



[In a letter accompanying these an- 

 swers Mrs. White writes as follows:] 



"The July issue of The Floral World 

 has just been received and perused 

 with increased interest. I find each 

 number more instructive. I was 

 very much pleased to see my little 

 floral story entitled "A Floral Excur- 

 sion" included in its make-up. The 

 answers can be found in Woods' 

 Class Book of Botany, pages 838, 839, 

 840, 841, 842, 848. 



"I must tell you of the numerous 

 congratulatory letters I have received 

 from contributors and subscribers of 

 The Floral World on one or two of my 

 contributions to your worthy maga- 

 zine, each thanking me for valuable 

 information contained therein. I wish 

 the dear little Floral World un- 

 bounded success and happiness in its 

 flowery mission." 



GIVE YOUR CHILD A GARDEN. 



It is an exceptional child who would 

 not value flowers and a garden of its 

 own. Boys and girls alike are delight- 

 ed with the very idea of possessing a 

 bit of ground where they can "plant 

 things" and watch them grow. People 

 living in villages or small cities usu- 

 ally have some ground around their 

 homes in which they can set apart a 

 place for the children's garden. The 

 love of nature fostered by this garden- 

 making will prove a constant source of 

 pleasure through the child's life. — 

 Woman's Home Companion. 



