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THE FLORAL IVORLTD. 



The Floral World 



PUBLISHED MONTRLY BY THE 



FLORAL WORLD COMPANY, 



12 to 14 South Limestone Street, 

 Springfield, Ohio. 



Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year. 



Eatered as second-class matter at the Postoffice in 

 Springfield, Ohio. 



We will give $26.00 in prizes for the 

 five best articles for publication in 

 the October number of The Floral 

 World which may be submitted by 

 ■subscribers. 



The first prize will be $10.00; the 

 second, $7.50; the third, $5 00; the 

 fourth, $2.50; and the fifth, $1.00. The 

 awards will be announced in our No- 

 vember issue. 



No article which contains more than 

 two hundred words will be considered. 

 All contributions entered in this prize 

 contest must reach us not later than 

 September 1. 



The purpose of these prizes is to 

 secure for publication in The Floral 

 World matter which gives the actuai 

 experiences in flower growing of 

 those who have subscribed for the 

 journal. Prizes offered for articles 

 published in the July number have 

 been awarded as follows: 



First Prize — Mary Jemison, Ken- 

 tucky. 



Second Prize — Miss Laura Jones, 

 Kentucky. 



Third Prize — Mrs. Mattie Woodson, 

 Ohio. 



Fourth Prize — Mrs, Samuel R. 

 Welsh, Pennsylvania. 



Fifth Prize— Eleanor R, Bartlett, 

 Minnesota. 



VERBENAS AS WINTER BLOOMERS. 



Have any of the readers of The 

 Floral World tried verbenas as winter 

 bloomers? I did last winter and was 

 more than satisfied. As early winter 

 bloomers they surpassed any other 

 plant I had. I took slips from the 



most desirable of the garden plants 

 as they bloomed; some in August and 

 some as late as October. I placed 

 them in water until rooted, tnen pot- 

 ted 'them in quart cans, using soil 

 composed of one-half good garden soil, 

 one-fourth leaf mold, one-fourth sand, 

 allowing one teaspoon Bradley's fer- 

 tilizer to each plant. They bloomed 

 in a few weeks, and were covered 

 with flowers until the last of Febru- 

 ary. Then they showed signs of ex- 

 haustion. I think if I had given them 

 more fresh soil or some good plant 

 food they would have bloomed all 

 winter; but my geraniums and other 

 plants were in bloom, and as the win- 

 dow was somewhat crowded, I moved 

 them into another room just above 

 freezing point, and watered only when 

 very dry. This spring I set them in 

 the garden, and they are now full of 

 blossoms. 

 Maine. Mrs. Albert F. Bean. 



PLUMBAGO-CAPENSIS. 



A small plant received in the spring 

 was bedded out beneath the parlor 

 window, in full sun, where it has been 

 a mass of bloom all the while. This 

 plant was given fairly good soil, but 

 other than that has received almost 

 no care at all. And the weather has. 

 been very hot and dry. 



Texas. Mrs. V. H. Montgomery. 



GROW FLOWERS, BUT WISELY. 



I never had the pleasure of seeing 

 that charming little magazine, The 

 Floral World, until yesterday, yet al- 

 ready feel interested in its prosperity 

 and am determined to enjoy its: 

 monthly visits so long as I live. 



The first earnest word I feel im- 

 pelled to speak is to me married man, 

 especially the young husband. If you 

 would have your wife domestic and 

 an ardent home-lover, be generous tO' 

 her in the matter of seeds, bulbs and 



