128 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



6 inches long ; for six trebles, 2 feet 9 inches long ; 

 and for four trebles, 2 feet long. All the boxes must 

 be 4 inches high in front and 18 inches wide. These 

 are all outside measurements. Inside each box there 

 should be a tray pierced with holes to receive the 

 tubes in which the blooms are exhibited. 



Exhibition Tubes. — The best form of exhibition 

 tube is that known as Foster's Tube, as the bloom 

 can be placed by means of the wires supplied with 

 the tubes at any required height without raising the 

 tube itself, and there is a holder in front for the 

 reception of the card on which the name of the Rose 

 is printed or written. These tubes can be obtained 

 of Mr. H. Foster, Ashford, Kent. 



Cutting the Blooms. — If the show be a local one 

 and easy of access it will be well to cut the most 

 forward blooms on the evening of the day previous 

 to the exhibition, and those less advanced and likely 

 to improve on the plants during the night, early on 

 the following morning. But if the show be at a 

 distance it will be advisable to cut the blooms early 

 in the evening, as it is found that if cut when they 

 are going to sleep, as it were, in the evening, they 

 develop less rapidly on the journey to the show, and 

 consequently travel better than those cut in the 

 morning when they are growing rapidly. It is no 

 use cutting any blooms which are fully expanded, 

 except in rare cases, as they will be too far advanced 

 for exhibition by the time they reach the show. The 

 choicest half-developed blooms should be selected ; 

 that is to say, those which are large for the variety, 



