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THE FLORAL WORLD 



THE FLORAL WORLD 



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The editor of The Floral World 

 takes great pleasure in announcing that, 

 beginning with this number, each letter 

 from its readers will receive such special 

 attention as it requires. An experienced 

 authority on floriculture will answer any 

 questions you may care to ask, and make 

 suggestions as to how you may have 

 greater success in your flower growing. 

 The editor hopes every reader will take 

 iull advantage of this feature of the mag- 

 azine and tell all his or her friends about it. 



The regular prize offer is continued. 

 The magazine will give ^26.00 in prizes 

 for the best five articles for publication in 

 the March number of The Floral 

 World, which may be submitted by sub- 

 scribers. 



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 April 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 February 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 offered 

 for articles published in the December 

 number have been awarded as follows: 



First Prize— C. J. Peffer, New York. 

 Second Prize — Gussie A. Young, Texas. 

 Third Prize — Mrs. Minnie N. Hinds, 

 Massachusetts. 



Fourth Prize — India J. Ruch, Iowa. 



Fifth Prize— Mi-s. F. A. E. Smith, 

 South Carolina. 



During the year just past the relation 

 between the publishers and the readers 

 of The Floral World have been most 

 cordial and helpful. Can we not be even 

 more helpful to one another in 1903? 

 A very happy New Year to you all. 



DORMANT ROSES. 



The winters here are too severe to 

 safely leave the teas and other tender 

 roses out of doors, and I have not the 

 space to keep them in the living rooms, 

 but as I must have them I grow them as 

 pot shrubber>', keeping them dormant all 

 winter in a frost-proof cellar, along with 

 my oleanders, etc. And to my mind it is 

 the most successful w^ay of growing them 

 in the north, as you can always have your 

 soil, drainage and location just about 

 perfect in the summer, and in the winter 

 they are safe from freezes and green lice. 

 I use good, well fertilized garden soil, 

 and put the plants in pots that will hold 

 the roots comfortably, and still leave 

 space for them to start into growth. In 

 the spring I plunge the roots in a sunny 

 location and keep well watered, repot- 

 ting as often as the roots fill the pots, and 

 I keep the top pruned into shape until 

 they are strong, bushy plants. I find 

 their principal requisites are sunshine and 

 plenty of water, and with these wants at- 

 tended to they will bloom abundantly all 

 summer, providing, of course, that they 

 are kept free from insect pests. In the 

 fall I lift the pots out and let them dry out 

 somewhat, and ripen up, in a sunny, 

 sheltered location, before I put them away 

 in the cellar. Once in winter quarters 

 they are no trouble, save an occasional 

 watering, while every year's growth adds 

 to their value and beauty. 



New York. Mrs. Nelson Puff, Jr. 



[ Have you ever tried protecting your roses out 

 of doors with forest leaves. In Ohio, where the 

 temperature drops away below zero and with less 

 snow to protect them than in your state, tea roses 

 can be wintered over out of doors by a heavy pro- 

 tection of leaves ] . 



