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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



Palms, without exception, make tlie 

 grandest show, and are about the easl- 

 <€st to succeed with, r consider Lan- 

 lania Borbonica, Areca Lutescens, 

 Kentia Fosteriana, the finest for gen- 

 eral cultivation. The Zamia does well 

 lender amateur treatment, and is a 

 jDlant of great beauty and adaptability. 

 Palms grow deep roots. I find paint 

 ivegs, well cleaned, admirable recepta- 

 cles. Bore a hole the size of a silver 

 dollar in the bottom, fill with leaf 

 loam, sand and well-rotted stable ma- 

 nure. Have the bottom covered two 

 inches with charcoal for drainage. 

 The soil will gradually wash through, 

 :making it necessary to feed with fresh 

 ^oil frequently. By this simple method 

 repotting is avoided. 



A well-developed Ficus Elastica is 

 .lovely. Like the sturdy Sanseveria, 

 It has a nature to resist abuse and all 

 inimical conditions of a living room. 

 My method of arranging the umbrella 

 j)lant is simple yet attractive. In lift- 

 ing it from the yard where it has 

 luxuriated all summer, it is put in a 

 bucket with a Farfaguin and Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri planted around the 

 •edge. It is impossible to conceive of 

 the beautiful combination. 



N. Y. Mrs. W. N. White. 



A GARDEN IN A DOUBLE BED 



For greater effect and to reduce la- 

 tter, all our yard was sodded, except a 

 level space on which was raised a cir- 

 <cular flower bed, thirty-six feet in di- 

 a-meter. A walk was cut through the 

 center and all around the circle, and 

 extended to meet the walks around 

 the house. These walks were all laid 

 ■^'ith cinders and overlaid with gravel. 

 The edges of the two semi-circular 

 Ibeds were banked with sod. The beds 

 were planted in circles, not taking the 

 center walk into account. In the cen- 

 ter were planted two great bunches of 

 Tudbekia golden glow, which crowded 

 the next circle, cannas, so much that 



next year the cannas alone shall fill 

 the whole center. Next, a circle of 

 fifty spotted callas. After this a space 

 walk sufficient for weeding. The next 

 circle was iris, and then one of Mar- 

 guerite carnations, followed by aque- 

 legias, lovely in bloom and foliage. 

 For border the funkias or day lilies 

 were ideal. I do not think anything 

 can be more effective than such a 

 simple scheme, and it has made a 

 miniature park of our grounds. 

 Nebraska. Mrs. J. L. Neble. 



SUCCESS WITH THE AZALEA. 



When the Azalea is through bloom- 

 ing in the spring, trim out all weak 

 branches and shorten up the long 

 ones. The latter part of May dig a 

 deep hole in the flower bed, partly flU 

 with ashes, to keep the worms from 

 crawling 'into the pot, and set the 

 plant in its pot down in the hole and 

 fill in all around the pot with ashes. 

 Water thoroughly every night through 

 the summer, as the buds form in Au- 

 gust. In the fall take up the pot and 

 dig out an inch or two of the earth 

 and fill with fresh soil. When brought 

 into the house, set in the sun if you 

 wish it to bloom by Christmas. Keep 

 water in the saucer while in bloom, or 

 the buds will blast. The branches cut 

 from the plant can be rooted by put- 

 ting down in the ground in a shady 

 place, and by fall can be potted, and 

 will bloom the first winter, if they are 

 good-sized slips. 



Connecticut. E. C. Beebe 



SOME EASILY GROWN ANNUALS. 



Sweet peas, pansies, petunias and 

 nasturtiums. 



Sweet peas are perhaps the easiest 

 of culture. They should be planted in 

 March, or as soon as the ground can 

 be worked. If in February, dig a 

 trench eight inches deep, put one inch 

 wood ashes, then one of good, rich, 

 well-rotted stable manure. Plant peas 



