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borne in mind that the practice is not recommended 
except in the case of decorative bushes, as the individual 
blooms are not so large and are produced later on plants 
so treated. But there is a dwarf free-flowering fresiiness 
about plants so grown. It is a plan to be especially 
recommended in the culture of flowering bushes for con- 
servatory and greenhouse decoration. 
HINTS ON EXHIBITING, 
Intending exhibitors must be extremely careful ‘‘to 
read, mark, learn, and carefully digest,’’ the words and 
meaning of the schedule or regulations of the exhibition 
or society offering prizes. If the slightest doubt is felt 
call upon or write to the Secretary of the exhibition and 
get a clear idea of what is meant, or disappointment may 
result, owing to your having unconsciously shown in the 
wrong class, or you might be disqualified for showing 
clusters of flowers where individual blooms were expected, 
or showing bush plants where plants grown on one stem 
were to be exhibited. Be sure everything is especially 
understood, and if your plants or flowers have to be sent 
any distance, make judicious calculations that you get 
them there on the time required by the promoters of the 
exhibition. In the transportation of specimen- plants 
the stakes should be drawn together by means of a stout 
string, as they travel more safely and are less liable to be 
broken when tied in thismanner. Assoon as your plants 
reach the exhibition hail, the stakes may be pressed back 
to their original position, which they will retain by press- 
ing the dirt firmly around the base of the stakes. The 
shipping of cut flowers to exhibition points is always 
attended with anxiety and to arrive in perfect condition 
requires great care. Those having boxes made expressly 
for the purpose do not require to be prompted, but the 
