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DRESSING AND STAGING THE CARNATION 

 AND PICOTEE FOR EXHIBITION. 



By Benj. Simonite, Sheffi,eld. 



The success of the Exhibitor Largely depends 

 upon the care and thought bestowed on dressing 

 and staging his flowers. 



It is useless to deny that honest and proper 

 dressing is a fair and lawfid advantage to the 

 florist's Carnation and Pico tee. 



In these every petal is of note, and a picture 

 in itself, and is therefore to be displayed to best 

 advantage, the judges having no time to hunt 

 for hidden beauties. Neither do they expect that 

 disqualifying petals should be concealed, instead 

 of being pulled out. 



Very little observation is enough to show that 

 the Carnation and Picotee will often so lay several 

 petals one over another that none but the one 

 happening to be uppermost can display its mark- 

 ings, while those underneath can produce little 

 efi"ect beyond making the flower look lumpy. 



No one finds fault Avith the beautifully dis- 

 played petals of the old double white Camellia, 

 or those in a well-formed bloom of the florist's 

 Dahlia. These fall naturally into their best 



