The Floral World. 



A JOURNAL OF HOME FLORICULTURE. 



Vol. 11. , No. 3 Springfield, Ohio, December, J 902 25 Cents a Yeat 



WORDS OF APPRECIATION. 



May all success attend The Floral 

 World. Mrs. W. D. Brown. 



I have received my first copy of The 

 Floral World, and like it ver>' much. 

 Missouri. G. E. Locker. 



I like The Floral World very much. 

 Although small, it contains a large 

 amount of useful information. 



Iowa. India J. Ruch. 



I have been benefited many times by 

 the advice given in The Floral 

 World. It is the most helpful and inter- 

 esting magazine I have ever taken, and I 

 wish it all the success it merits. 



Massachusetts. M. N. H. 



Some time ago I received sample 

 copies of The Floral World which 

 pleased me so much that now I am a 

 well satisfied subscriber. I take three 

 floral papers, all larger than yours, but I 

 like the smallest one the best! Your arti- 

 cles are short and sensible. 



Wisconsin. Delia Guhr. 



I have been a subscriber to The Floral 

 World for almost a year, and think it 

 just splendid, as I learn a great deal from 

 it. I think it a great deal cheaper to read 

 and learn to tend flowers, than to buy 

 them and learn how, as you will kill more 

 plants by not knowing how to care for 

 them, than a good many year's subscrip- 

 tion will cost. The Floral World is 

 one of the best magazines. I love to read 

 the letters, as it is just like talking to some 

 flower-loving friend. 



Missouri. K. Unverferth. 



I received a sample number of The 

 Floral World and liked it so much I 

 subscribed at once, and have never missed 

 a copy. I get several floral papers and 

 like them all, and get a great deal 

 of good from them, but The Floral 

 World is unique. It has a "homey" 

 air about it. When reading it one feels 

 as though he were sitting talking to a 

 flower-loving friend. The Floral World 

 is handy in size, so generous in its pre- 

 miums, and so entertaining to flower- 

 lovers especially, it ought to have a mill- 

 ion subscribers, and I shall try to prove 

 my faith by works, and get up a club, at 

 once. May The Floral World live 

 long and prosper. 



Georgia. Mattie E. Green. 



AS TO COVERING BULBS. 



Never cover anything having top growth 

 with leaves, when wet, as they are tight 

 and will mildew green wood. I lost a fine 

 lot of roses that way some years ago. I 

 succeed well covering with corn stalks 

 or evergreen boughs. Do not cover 

 at all until the ground has frozen. 

 The heat of the earth will start the buds 

 and they are liable to die. We cover, 

 not to keep warm, but to keep from 

 thawing and freezing. For years I have 

 used good surface soil, well screened and 

 dried, to cover bulbs and tubers of all 

 sorts, and I never lose any. 



I plant cauliflower, celery and cabbage 

 in same in a light cellar, and water when 

 dry and have fine cauliflower in IVIarch. 



So many recommend sand or leaves, 

 but I believe they are both unsafe. Leaves 

 may do for banking or covering bulb beds. 



New York. C. J. Pepper. 



