Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-01-04

month End there 10 nothing better ~
do thi. with than an old faShioncd Two
tined fork, II geraniums we're prop |
erly treated during the summer, there
ought to be solne OF them IN bloom
now. A cluster OF vivid scarlet ones
will lixht up like . fame. The gsra.
MUM wants only hardness TO MAKE
the fiuest flower plant nowering 80
freely and having such variety OF
bloom as well as leaf, II surpassos evo
nv plant. II Is propagated from cut
tinvs as well rs seed. Fuschias often
bloom until late in the season. IL they
seem 10 have gotten through with their
work and are no longer growing or
showing bud, put them away 10 rcet
until February or March. Water well
when YOU put away. Blu; not thereafter
until YOU notice that the soil 10 very
dry. Do not bs frightened II they
ioae their leaves: II tho stalk contin.
uos green and IL plump the plant 10 oil
right. Many OF the foliage plants Al
this time will be most appreciated and
a few should claim place IN every
collection. Plants will all grow when
conditions are favorable aud not be-
fore. Keep plants close to glass SO that
thew can receive all possible bencfit
ltrom the sun.
We have passed through the old
wear and enter the new; as We do sn
| let us determine to cultivate more
flowers. We have seen q great many
Of The old and some Of the new fow'
efs. A wop,sn's garden 10 what she
makes IL, DO not have too great . va
riety ne many tax the care and re-
sor rcss or the professional florist, bu
gather the harder kinds that will beal
an occasional neglect aud warm W
n,ingly with little attention. INT
) child is made happy with iis hand
full of scarlet peoples, while the agct
mother with trembling fingers ih
sweet smelling BergaTnOnt aud the fra
: grant Lilac: the white rose whisper
Of the bridal, friendly gift to neigh
bor cheer aud con- fort to the sick AM
a beautiful remembrance 10 the dead
One thing sure In oil our thoughts o
The past, the memory Of mothers flow
er garden il frsught with much plea
sure and never pain.
1 White flowers have a popular dc
/, mand, but the colored. from the .iarl
red of the Souvenir dc william Woo
rose to tho flesh colored Portulacca
E add such brightness 10 a collectio MT a
a would not he without them. Tax
, our earliest flowers, the violet, crocus
then the hyacinth, then tho spriui
boomers, embracing SO many OF tn
D wild woods, our roses, beautiful vines
lilacs hollyhocks, verbcnas. dahlias
4 everlasting flowers, ziDness, marvel
: of Peru. followed later on bv The gran'
chrysanthemums, mixed through from
b earliest spring with our many beauti
ful and various colored roses. Gers
nouns will stand harsh treatment an
adorn our yards and gardens by thei
brilliant blossoms, the Gamma and ID
i palladium will give 1t q tropical effec
Y and while these are, ! might say. tn
;. common flowers OF the country col
taye, they bcautify our characters, ad
happiness and contentinent TO on
u homes, allay our sorrows, make o..
% recreation a pleasure and q bench
n both physically and mentally.
Much practical knowledge is game
by ones own experience. we Gu
grow the sweet peas, asiers, pansie
n carnations, gladiolus. dshlias. hello
l. tropes, ever.blooming AMI hardy re
Il SEES. paeonies. hardy coreopsis, lille
r. spring towering bulbs. especially u
!. lips, are very desirable. Roman hy'
y cinths arc easily grown, Dntch hyi
) troubles Certainly the 1Stt eAe e M hh8V
O era is a harmless hobby, II will max
i. life sweeter for us all, because OF III
love Of flowers. ~
FLOWERS are the sweetest things Go
d ever made aud forgot to put soul into"
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