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THE FLORAL WOBLD 



The floral world 



PUBLISHED :M0NTHLY BY THE 



FLORAL WORLD COMPANY 



12 to 14 South Limestone Street 

 SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year 



Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice in 

 Springfield, Oliio. 



We will give |26.00 in prizes for the 

 best five articles for publication in the 

 January number of The Floral World, 

 which may be submitted by subcribers. 



The first prize will be |10.00; the sec- 

 ond $7.50; the third, |5.00; the fourth, 

 $2.50; and the fifth, $1.00. The awards 

 will be announced in our February issue. 



No article which contains more than 

 two hundred words will be considered in 

 the prize decision. All contributions 

 entered in this prize contest must reach 

 us not later than December 1. 



The purpose of these prizes is to secure 

 for publication in The Floral World 

 matter which gives the actual experiences 

 in flower growing of those who have 

 subscribed for the journal. Prizes ofTered 

 for articles published in the October num- 

 ber have been awarded as follows: 



First Prize— :Mrs. "SL E. Shuff, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Second Prize— ^Irs. A. T. Hurst, Ken- 

 tucky. 



Third Prize— ?vlrs. Nelson Puff, Jr., 

 New York. 



Fourth Prize—" Harl," INIissouri. 



Fifth Prize— ^Irs. iMargaret Styles, 

 (Gretchen) Texas. 



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SOME NEW IDEAS. 



The plant window should be a thing of 

 beauty and not a plant hospital or Home 

 for Aged Plants, It should suggest lux- 

 uriance, and this is oftener accomplished 

 by one or two perfect specimens than by 

 a'confused jumble of even the most desir- 

 able plants. Sometimes a tropical effect 

 can be obtained by "massing" several 



plants on a background of vines, but the 

 best results are usually effected by giving 

 each plant room to show its individuality. 

 Plants are also healthier when the air cir- 

 culates freely around them. You can 

 keep a good many plants, however, if you 

 will only plan a little. Chrysanthem.ums, 

 asters, -with the sun-loving plants, will 

 monopolize the sunny windows during 

 early winter. But your bulbs can be kept 

 mostly in the dark closet and your bego- 

 nias, primulas, cineraria, genisto, plum- 

 bago, etc., will do well in a north windov/ 

 or on a table back from the window if 

 the light is good. 



As the chr}'santhemums and other plants 

 finish their usefulness put them in the 

 cellar or out of sight somewhere, for the 

 yellow leaves of one plant "ripening off" 

 will spoil an otherwise beautiful window. 

 Replace them with your reserve spring 

 blooming plants. With a little study and 

 management you can have a continuous 

 succession of plants that will please your 

 artistic friends and be a pleasure to ever}'- 

 body — yourself included. 



Iowa. Cora I. Griffith. 



A WORD TO THE FLOWER LOVERS OF 

 NEBRASKA. 



Do 3'ou sometimes get discouraged? 

 Let me advise you what to do — "try, try 

 again. ' ' In September send to some relia- 

 ble florist an order for bulbs — crocus, hya- 

 cinths, tulips and narcissus. Then prepare 

 beds by spading deeply, but do not raise 

 your beds; leave them level to retain 

 moisture. When your bulbs come, set 

 them six inches deep. In December 

 cover the beds with leaves or straw. In 

 spring remove the covering and you will 

 soon enjoy bud and blossom. 



In February- send to your seedsman for 

 one packet each of verbena, phlox, petunia 

 and portulacca. Plant in March in boxes 

 of finely pulverized soil in the house, 

 dam.pen them, then cover \^-ith a wet 

 cloth and keep moist and warm until they 

 germinate. By the time your bulbs are 

 through blossoming your seedlings will 



