THE FLORAL IVORLD 



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sand, leaf mold and very old, well- 

 rotted cow manure. For house culture 

 I set bulbs just below the soil, but for 

 beds should go about nine inches or 

 one foot in depth. Nothing will kill 

 your lilies out sooner than shallow 

 planting. In planting bulbs encase 

 each bulb in a cushion of fine sand. In 

 planting a bed of mixed lilies I so ar- 

 range them that the tallest varieties 

 will be in the back ground and gradu- 

 ate them so the very lowest growing 

 sorts will be in front. 

 Kentucky. Miss Laura Jones. 



THE GENTIANS BLOOM FOR ME. 



joy to find the first sweet flowers 

 That gem the fragrant spring; 

 Fair Flora smiling in her bower, 

 Blithe birds that ever sing. 

 Then the sad world forgets its cares 



'Neath the sweet look that Nature wears- 

 Yet gentians bloom for me, 



The spring is fair, oh very fair, 



With sweet anemones: 

 With violets nestling everywhere 



Beneath the forest trees; 

 With bluets here, with mayflowers there 



I love these blossoms frail and fair- 

 When gentians bloom for me. 



The passionate summer claims the rose, 



Carnations, poppies, rue. 

 The fragrant lilies now unclose, 



The honeysuckles too; 

 And meadows now are wondrous sweet 



Where clover and wild daisies meet- 

 When gentians bloom for me. 



Oh, beautiful are autumn days, 



Crowned with the goldenrod. 

 Lovelilies glow through hush and haze 



Above the browning sod. 

 Oh wondrous fair are Flora's bowers 



That deck the fleeting autumn hours— 



When gentians bloom for me. 

 Ohio, Annice Bodey CalUnd, 



THANK YOU. 



The Floral World is the best floral 

 journal published. It is simply indis- 

 pensable. 



Missouri. Mrs. F. Benton. 



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