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HOME AND FLOWEES 



Caladium. — The Giant-Flowered Caladium 

 should be dried off in fall and kept in the 

 cellar. 



Bulos.— CL. W. P.) See replies to other 

 correspondents about the use of old bulbs. 



Cyclamen.— (^h's. G.) Order these plants, if 

 intended for winter, in October. 



Insects in the 8o?7.— (Mrs. W. E. P.) Use 

 lime-water as advised above. 



Plant for Name.— (C. W. B.) Specimen sent 

 is a variety of Juniper. 



CaUas.— (S. D.) Let your Callas rest from 

 June to September. 



FLOE A L PERPLEXITIES FEOM THE SOUTH 

 By Airs. G. T. Drennan 



Mrs. M. P. L., Charleston, S. C— The Tea 

 Rose was introduced into Europe in 1810 from 

 China. The first introduction was pink and 

 semi-double. Fourteen years later the yellow 

 Tea was introduced. It was also semi-double. 

 The Tea Eose (Hosa Indica f ragrance, Redout e) 

 gave to Eose culture its great nineteenth-century 

 impetus. The Germans first made marked im- 

 provement in kinds from seeds — the French first 

 increased the size and improved the form. By 

 exc icing culture they transformed the stamens 

 of the semi-double Teas to petals, resulting in 

 the Triumph of Luxemburg and other varieties, 

 not excelled among flowers of any class. Helen 

 Gould is a hybrid Tea, and is one of the finest 

 Eoses ever introduced. The synonym is Bald- 

 uin, but Helen Gould is the most popular name. 

 The color is rich crimson. Tea. hybrid Tea, and 

 Xoisette or Climbing Tea, should be the chosen 

 flowers above all others for Southern gardens. 

 They are hardy and ever-blooming everywhere 

 south of Washington City, and in Florida, Cali- 

 fornia, and Louisiana bloom all winter in out- 

 door gardens. It is not advisable as late as 

 June to get Eoses through the mail. It would 

 be too warm in the mail bags. 



ILiss Hattie J/., JaclsonviUe, Fl a. — Your in- 

 quiry is just what I vrish many others would 

 take under consideration. Our bright, sunshiny 

 summers last so long that the beautiful flowers 

 of June vdll cease to bloom and may be forgot- 

 ten 'before cold weather. Poppies in dazzling 

 scarlet and-silvei-y white. Sweet Peas in lovely 

 tints, Pansies rich and royal, Korn Blumen or 

 Eagged Eobin, and Nasturtiums in Oriental reds 

 and yellows, in June make the garden all that 

 can be desired. By the middle of July not one 

 of these brilliant flowers will be left. They 

 all burn up, and it is needless to try a second 

 crop of any of them, except the Nasturtium, 



which will come up and grow fast from seeds, 

 or propagate from cuttings. The young Nas- 

 turtium plants will prove quite satisfactory. By 

 repeatedly sowing seeds and rooting cuttings 

 fresh plants profusely covered with blooms may 

 be had. Petunias, Salvias, Cosmos, Plumbagos, 

 Geraniums, Begonias, Cannas, Dahlias, Helio- 

 tropes, and, always and ever. Tea Eoses, will 

 bloom constantly, through midsummer and to- 

 ward fall, like Cinderella, in the fairy tale, get 

 "prettier and prettier every day." 



Grandma P., Holly Springs, Aliss. — 'Rose- 

 water is made, for commerce, of Bosa Damas- 

 cena and llosa Centifolia, the damask and cab- 

 bage Eoses. They bloom in spring and also 

 in June, but any other Eose is quite as suitable 

 for the purpose. La France is considered one 

 of the most fragrant of all Eoses, and Eeine 

 Marie Henriette is distinct in pungent, vinous 

 perfume. The petals of these two Eoses aione 

 make sweet-scented potpourri, and if the Eose 

 jar is filled with the Eose leaves and Yetiver, 

 the sweet, aromatic grass, no essences, extracts, 

 spices or essential oils will be required. Vetiver 

 never loses its aroma. The fine roots are 

 simply washed and dried. It is antiseptic, and 

 the Eose leaves are preserved by the layers of 

 Yetiver. It has somewhat the odor of orisroot. 



Miss Kate N., Pensacola, F/a. — "Silver sweet" 

 TActinidia Polygamaj has every leaf tipped 

 with white. It is very showy, and in the South 

 qtiite hardy. I would advise getting the plants 

 rather than seeds. Give it a conspicuous place. 



Mrs. Mary P.. Sewanee, Te???!. — ''Blackberry 

 winter" is the Indian name for the cold wave^ 

 that occurs when the briers (Buhus villosns) are 

 in full bloom. It is after the dark moon of 

 April. 



