The Floral World 



A journal of Home Floriculture 



Vol. \, No. 12 



Springfield, Ohio, September, J 902 



25 Cents a Year 



WORDS OF APPRECIATION. 



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 It is very interesting. 

 Mich. Mrs. S. J. Patterson. 



I am a lover of The Floral World 

 as well as of flowers. 

 Ohio. Mrs. Mattie Woodson. 



better than any other journal I have 

 seen. I hope it may continue to send 

 out its- concise instructions, divested 

 of theory and big terms, for years to 

 come. 



Iowa. Eva I. Griffith. 



CASTLE ROCKERY. 



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 mation in each issue of The Floral 

 World. 



Illinois. Mrs. W. G. Delashmutt. 



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 gives actual experiences in the cul- 

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Connecticut E. C. Beebe. 



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Pa. M. Perle Heitzenrater. 



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 floral magazines which come to me,, 

 your little Floral Worxd is always 

 most heartily welcomed. 



Wis. Rev. F. P. Franke. 



I think The Floral World gets at 

 the practical ideas, every-day actual 

 facts and experiences of flower lovers, 



The readers of The Floral World 

 may be interested in a description of 

 my rockery and water garden. The 

 rockery represents a portion of a 

 ruined castle, including a corner, a 

 broken window, an arched doorway 

 and a tower. The stones which have 

 fallen from the wall give breadth to 

 the rockery and afford crevices for 

 nearly a hundred plants and vines. 

 The water garden at the base repre- 

 sents the moat, around which grow 

 many ferns. In the background are 

 dahlias, cannas and golden glow. 

 Through the arch is seen a vista of 

 flowers, brilliant poppies and gera- 

 niums. In the water garden, com'- 

 posed of several hogsheads and bar- 

 rels sunken level with the ground, 

 are lilies of various colors, water pop- 

 pies, parrot's feather, papyrus, rushes 

 and sagittaria. 



Numerous frogs have appropriated 

 the water garden for a home. Their 

 green heads, as they peep out from 

 among the lily pads, made a novel 

 addition to the scene. The garden is 

 not only greatly enjoyed by my own 

 family, but affords much pleasure to 

 friends and attracts universal atten- 

 tion from passers-by. 



Mass. Mrs. L. A. Coolidge. 



