THE FLORAL WORLD. 



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GERANIUM CULTURE BY AN AMATEUR. 



There is no plant so easy of culture, 

 requiring less care than the geranium. 

 It is* seldom troubled with insects, and 

 never fails to bloom if treated well. 

 In the latter part of March, I take tslips 

 from my largest plants, rooting them 

 in sand. They are well started' to set 

 out in garden in May. Then I take 

 old plants, cut off tops (which I root), 

 plunging the pots in a shady place in 

 garden. In August I take them up, re- 

 pot in well prepared soil, -which has* 

 been well smoked with tobacco to kiTl 

 insects. Use small pots. Then I put 

 plants in a sunny place, keeping buds 

 picked off. When it is time to take 

 them indoors they are ready to bloom 

 all winter. I have a fine bay window 

 with sun nearly all day. I give plenty 

 of fresh air. My plants' do not lose 

 leaves in changing from out doors to 

 the house, as they are put in before 

 the fire is started, and the air is so 

 tempered that they do not feel the 

 change. 



New York. Mrs. D. C. Keyser. 



SUCCESS WITH THE HIBISCUS AND 

 MANETTA VINE. 



When I ordered flowers in the spring 

 I got a sub-violaceous hibiscus. I had 

 never stan one before, but I planted it 

 in a one-gallon pot, using one inch of 

 charcoal in the bottom for drainage. I 

 then filled the pot wi^-h well-rotted fer- 

 tilizer from the barn, and garden son. 

 When the hibiscus' was firmly rooted I 

 gave liquid fertilizer twice a week. It 

 is now three and a half feet high, and 

 has a branch two and a half feet long 

 and several shorter ones. In August 

 it had fifteen blooms and eight buds, 

 and is now full of buds and blossoms. 



In the spring I obtained a cutting of 

 manetta vine, which I placed in a pot 

 filled with well-rotted soil from where 

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