THE FLORAL JVORLD. 



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AN EXPERIENCE WITH A RUBBER PLANT. 



I had a tall rubber plant that I was 

 anxious should branch. So I cut the 

 top off. The result was- a sprout from 

 one side, which gave it a crooked look. 

 I cut it again, and then three shoots 

 came, but all clustered around the top, 

 leaving the lower part all bare. This 

 did not suit me. I cut it right in two, 

 sunk the pot in the ground on the 

 north side of the house, and stuck the 

 upper half in the ground near it, never 

 thinking it would grow. 



In about two weeks the lower part 

 commenced to sprout out all over; I 

 counted eleven places, and about a 

 week later the top sprouted in six 

 places. No\y I have two rubber plants 

 branched to my heart's content. 



Pennsylvania. M. E. Shuff. 



ANNUALS FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 



Few amateurs seem to be aware that 

 many of our common -annuals are far 

 more satisfactory for winter bloom- 

 ing in pots, than for the garden cul- 

 ture during summer. 



Seed should be started in November 

 and December. Young plants should 

 be put in small pots and shifted to 

 larger size as the plants develop. U-se 

 leaf loam mixed with sand in clean 

 pots, with charcoal for drainage. 



Schizanthi are novel, beautiful 

 flowers, many of them resembling 

 rare orchids. Shoo-fly plant is partic- 

 ularly pretty, the flowers being large 

 and a pleasing -shade of blue. 



It is impossible to find a flower more 

 floriferous than alyssnm, little gem. A 

 single plant will cover a fifteen-inch 

 pot, hanging over in such a graceful 

 vine, liKe a mass of snow-white blos- 

 som's. 



Cherianthus bears spikes of very 

 bright crimson and lilac flowers. For 

 (Concluded on page 22.) 



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