50 BOOK OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



are the principal points in a first-class flower, and lucky 

 is the man who hath his stand full of them, for they will 

 help him along the highway for a prize. 



When an exhibitor is showing blooms in tubes 

 arranged in stands, it will be his duty in the first place 

 to see that the size of the stand in breadth and length 

 conforms to the schedule. All these little points are 

 most important, many a one finding to his regret that 

 the omission of some little detail has lost him a prize. 

 If his stand be in order, his next business will be to 

 select the blooms and arrange them to the best advan- 

 tage. The largest blooms are usually placed in the back 

 row, the medium ones in the second, and the smaller at 

 the front. Colours should be arranged so that they do 

 not clash, but rather one colour should be made to show 

 up another in an advantageous manner ; that there be 

 unity in the whole, in harmony. Should the exhibitor 

 possess an extra good bloom of any variety, let it be 

 placed prominently, yet avoid having too small a bloom 

 as its neighbour, or it may appear to dwarf the latter, 

 and so upset the balance of the exhibit. Each flower 

 is allowed so many points when being judged, and so 

 many for the exhibit in general, and the whole totalled 

 up. The blooms should in all cases be correctly named, 

 by writing neatly on small cards at the front of each row, 

 or by pasting on front of stand, and written according 

 to the order they are arranged. 



Of course mistakes will sometimes happen with the 

 best of judges, especially where their duties are of a 

 very onerous nature, and time is a matter of great im- 

 portance when a show is billed to open at an early 

 hour. 



Should a competitor discover a mistake whereby an 

 opponent has gained an advantage, he should at once 

 seek out the secretary or one of the committee, when 

 the judges will be recalled to give their decision, and 



