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THE FLORAL lVORLT> 



The Floral World 



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We Will give $26.00 in prizes for the 

 five best articles for publication in 

 the December 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 

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 awards' will be announced in our De- 

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The purpose of these prizes is to 

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 World matter which gives the actual 

 •experiences in flower growing of 

 those who have subscribed for the 

 journal. Prizes offered for articles' 

 published in the September number 

 have been awarded as follows: 



First Prize — Mrs. Mary McCants, 

 Georgia. 



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 cut. 



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 fornia. 



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 mutt, Illinois. 



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 Massachus'etts. 



THE DIAMOND FLOWER. 



Indeed, a little plant, and, strange 

 to say, little known. But no lover of 

 flowers should be without some seed 

 of this pretty, as the name indicates. 



little and so easily grown flower, at 

 any time of the year. Those of The 

 Floral World readers who cultivate 

 bulbs for the winter window garden 

 could greatly improve the looks of the 

 hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, etc., by 

 spraying a few seeds of the diamond 

 flower on top of the soil of their pots, 

 when they are taken out of the cellar, 

 closet, or dark room, where the bulbs 

 were stored to make roots, and by the 

 time the bulbs are forced to bloom, the 

 soil will be covered with numberless 

 little diamonds, giving the whole a 

 sweet effect. 



It grows only a few inches high, 

 spreads and buds rapidly, and it is 

 hard to tell whether the leaves or the 

 flowers, which it throws out abundant- 

 ly and continually, are the prettier. 



It is pretty anywhere, by itself in 

 masses, with other plants as a ground- 

 work, and last, but not least, for bor- 

 ders, carpet beds, etc., in the summer 

 garden. I have also seen it largely 

 used where it has one advantage over 

 many rivals. It thrives and blooms re- 

 gardless of ice and snow. 



Wisconsin. Rev. F. P. Franke. 



FAIRY LILIES. 



Some years ago I was the guest for 

 a few hours of a young wife whose 

 home was "over the hills and far 

 away" from town life. She showed 

 me, with pride, her well-made and 

 well-stocked' flower garden, and de- 

 scribed in glowing terms the beauty of 

 her fairy lilies. On my departure she 

 presented to me a package of the pre- 

 cious lily bulbs. Mother planted them 

 in her rich and well-prepared flower 

 bed. Long slender leaves sprang up, 

 but not a bud rewarded our search. 

 One bright morning we found the pink 

 lilies, fairy, indeed, for the flower 

 stalk sprang directly from the dark 

 earth, and it seemed they had blos- 

 somed in "a night." Their pink love- 



