XI EXHIBITING 229 
I remember a case where a fine-looking bloom of 
this variety was being examined by the judges as 
the most likely candidate for the silver medal for 
best H.P. The owner of the Rose at the door of 
the tent was anxiously watching the movements of 
the arbiters, and was horrified to see one of them 
pull the bloom downwards through his lightly 
enclosing hand. Click! the petals, released from 
the laborious mechanical opening, sprang back to 
their places, and Rose and owner were “ shut up” 
simultaneously ! 
Other Roses, of the “thin” type, ike Thomas 
Mills, are pretty sure to open well enough, and due 
regard will have to be paid to this at the time of 
cutting, as such sorts should be taken to the show 
in an earlier stage of their development than the 
very stout and lasting ones like Reynolds Hole or 
Horace Vernet. Great attention should also be 
paid to the weather and the place: a hot tent forces 
on Roses wonderfully, but it used to be generally 
fairly cool in the Crystal Palace. 
It seems hardly necessary to say that the setting 
up and arrangement at the show should be in a cool 
and shady place, but even this rule may have an 
exception. On one occasion I cut my blooms for a 
celebrated Southern show in a very undeveloped 
condition, expecting that my assistant who was to 
go with them, as I was unable to do so, would have 
a hot time for his night’s journey. The weather 
unexpectedly changed, the night proving very cool, 
and when he arrived at the place of exhibition he 
found to his dismay that my Roses were not nearly 
open enough, and that they made no show at all by 
the side of the developed blooms against which he 
