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A JOURNAL OF HOME FLORICULTURE. 



Vol. II., No. 4 



Springfield, Ohio, January, J 903 



25 Cents a Year 



SWEET PEAS. 



One of the most beautiful of annuals for 

 summer blooming is the sweet pea with 

 its many shades of red, pink, white, pur- 

 ple and variegated flowers. Mine are 

 planted in the middle of April. Dig a 

 small trench several inches deep and in 

 this plant the seeds about an inch apart 

 and cover about an inch and a half deep. 

 As they grow the earth should be filled in 

 around them to keep the earth moist; but 

 if the weather is very dry they should be 

 watered, as the plants require much 

 water. If late bloomers are wanted the 

 seeds may be planted later in the season. 

 The flowers must be picked every day if 

 they are expected to bloom all season. 



Ohio. Katie M. Roads. 



[ Early planting and filling in the trench as you 

 do contribute largely to your success with this 

 flower. If you would enrich the soil in the fall 

 and throw it up into a rough ridge over winter it 

 would probably enable you to plant much earlier 

 in the spring than otherwise] . 



BACKYARD ON THANKSGIVING DAY. 



Never can I remember the garden more 

 beautiful. Fragrant pinks nodding over 

 sweet alyssum scattered here and there, 

 immaculate white all summer and sweet- 

 est of all in late autumn. By its side be- 

 hold the roses, Clotilde Souperts are try- 

 ing to unfold their buds before frost comes. 

 Madame Camille has a beautiful full blown 

 rose — it will surely be the last rose of 

 summer. Larkspurs that in midsummer 

 were pink, blue and white, have left the 

 dark blue ones with me still; they seem 

 to cheer me with their simple sweetness. 

 In the center of the yard, on a pile of 

 rocks, is a geranium, so large that its 

 branches cover the stones, displaying its 

 colors, pink and white. Beautiful chrys- 



anthemums ! The tops that I nipped off 

 from older plants I rooted in midsummer, 

 and now this late autumn day no garden 

 is more beautiful in yellow, pink and 

 darkest of reds. There by the side of 

 the chr>'santhemums, as if to beautify 

 their leafy stems, seeds of early corn 

 flowers have found their resting place, 

 pink and blue, they are treasures in their 

 simple beaut}\ 



What a sweet remembrance until spring 

 time comes again. 



New Jersey. jNIrs. Dan'l Hauser. 



[It is pleasing to note the increasing popularity 

 of making the back yard a place for floral dis- 

 play. Here it is possible to satisfy one's own taste 

 in the way of ornamental gardening without hav- 

 ing it subjected to the varying criticisms of the 

 public] . 



FLOWERS ARE SYMBOLS OF 

 THOUGHTS. 



I wonder if every woman who reads or 

 hears of the experience of others with 

 flowers realizes that the simplest home 

 can be beautifully adorned. No need of 

 costly bulbs or plants when a few cents 

 will purchase seed that will yield abun- 

 dant bloom a whole season. No yard 

 so'^small but there is room for a few beau- 

 ties. Flowers are educators of the high- 

 est order, from the tiny shoot to the 

 vigorous blooming plant. If parents 

 would encourage their children to have 

 their little flower bed or even one plant 

 all their very own to care for, the influence 

 would be elevating. It is said that in be- 

 ginning the education of the child, first 

 cultivate attention. What more likely to 

 attract and interest than a beautiful grow- 

 ing plant or bed of flowers ? To me it 

 seems there is nothing more refining than 

 floral culture. It makes neighbors more 

 neighborly. Love offers flowers as tokens, 



