THE FLORAL fVORLT) 



The Floral World 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE 



FLORAL WORLD COMPANY. 



12 to 14 South Limestone Street, 

 Springfield, Ohio. 



Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year. 



Entered as second-class mutter at the PostofiBce in 

 Springfield. Ohio. 



With the beginning of the fall 

 months The Floral World greets its 

 readers and wishes them all success 

 in growing flowers and in all their 

 other affairs as well. There are now 

 more readers of our little magazine 

 than ever before, and, while the pub- 

 lishers take this as a sign of apprecia- 

 tion, they will not rest satisfied with 

 present attainments, but intend to 

 make the magazine so attractive and 

 helpful that it will be indispensable to 

 every lover of flowers. We all — the 

 editor and every reader who sends in 

 his or her experience in flower culture 

 — are joint editors of the magazine. 

 And this, we are persuaded, is' what 

 makes The Floral World so helpful. 

 It is a practical periodical for ama- 

 teurs. Its mission is to extend the 

 cultivation of flowers by publishing 

 only articles written by persons who 

 succeed with flowers, and whose ex- 

 perience and advice will help ama- 

 teurs. Every phase of floriculture 

 that can possibly interest growers of 

 flowers — indoors and out — is "up" for 

 consideration in these pages. Every 

 one is invited to contribute his or her 

 experience. 



The monthly prize offer continues to 

 hold good. We will give $26.00 in 

 prizes for the five best articles for 

 publication in the November number 

 of Th3 Floral World which may be 

 submitted by subscribers, and which 

 comply with the few simple conditions 

 stated further on. 



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 De- 

 cember 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 

 October 1. 



The purpose of these prizes is to 

 secure for publication in The Floral 



