_Editor Mayflower:_
My Cineraria did no good except to keep alive until I removed the top
soil and put in a mixture of garden soil, one-fourth well rotted manure,
and one-fourth sand. It is now doing extremely well. I put my Tuberose
in water and it remained there for six or eight hours, then I planted it
in earth mixed like that for the Cineraria. I planted my Cyclamen in the
same kind of soil. Both are doing nicely. I lost a number of Begonia
slips by keeping the earth too wet. I now keep the earth moist and I
have the plants in a cool place, which seems to be better for them. It
takes a long time for a new growth to appeal. My neighbor asked me to
care for five of her large Begonias. The flies and the dust had almost
destroyed them. She told me not to give them a shower bath as that would
'cook' the leaves. I did it, however, and the Begonias were doing nicely
when she took them home again. I was invited to visit an old fashioned
flower garden a few days ago. I did so and found it old, old fashioned
indeed. The flower beds were arranged here and there in the vegetable
garden. Phlox seemingly four feet high, Hibiscus that would certainly
measure ten feet around the largest part of the bush, and a few other
plants of the same order. All the bloom was very scattering and very
small and quite inferior to what up-to-date flower beds should
be.--_Ursula._