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THE FLORAL WORLD 



U Fine Ffeesia Bulbs 



ONLY 25 CENTS. 



NO description can do adequate 

 justice to the beauty of the 

 Freesia. The flowers are two inches 

 long, and about the same in width, 

 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 window, 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 

 the cause of nearly every failure with 

 Freesias. We have an enormous 

 stock of the finest Freesia bulbs. 

 Order at once, and insure success by 

 planting early. Our prices are the 

 lowest consistent with good quality. 



We will send you a splendid collection of 

 twenty bulbs for only twenty-five cents. Three 

 collections, sixty bulbs, only fifty cents. Single 

 bulbs, or collections of less than twenty, two 

 cents each. A ddress 



THE GOOD & REESK CO., 



P. O. Box 71. Springfield, Ohio. 



AN EXPERIENCE IN GRAFTING CACTf, 



I would like to give my method. 

 The best time ? Begin preparations, if 

 possible, in February, by changing to 

 a larger pot, if necessary, and grad- 

 ually dampening the soil. Give a little 

 fertilizer from sheep stable if avail- 

 able. As soon as the plants start the 

 new growth they are in condition to 

 graft. Take the graft and cut to 

 wedge shape, also make a wedge- 

 shaped incision on the stalk and in- 

 sert graft and pin fast with cactus 

 spine. Then bind gently to keep from 

 spreading apart. Set in the cellar or 

 other cool place for four or fi-ve days. 

 Let no water touch wher» cut until 

 healed over. Bring the plant from 

 the cellar and set it in the shade for 

 a short time before giving it the full 

 sun. 



Grafting has a tendency to increase- 

 bloom. It has another advantage. 

 You can graft tender varieties on 

 plants of hardy varieties and the graft 

 will become as hardy as the plant on 

 which it is grafted. I have been quite 

 successful in grafting by this method 

 and hope some Floral World subscrib- 

 ers will try it and report success. I 

 had a candle cactus for ten years and 

 never got a bloom until I grafted on it 

 a cactus commonly named rat-tail, 

 and it bloomed the first season, and 

 by the second season was just full of 

 bloom. t 



Ohio. Mrs. Thomas Moore, 



ANSWER TO QUERY. 



Tell Rev. F. A. Frank, who inquires 

 aboiat callas, to try putting two ounces 

 of castor oil on the soil around his 

 lilies. With a stick work it down 

 around the roots. I knew a Wiscon- 

 sin man to try it with very good suc- 

 cess. 



Neb. Mrs. W. H. P. 



