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Fig. 2408. Floral Exhibit at Wolverhampton. 



ever seen in the deep satin-like richness and 

 delicacy of bloom and foliag-e, and the plants 

 in the first prize collection were faultlessly 

 arranged so as to blend in every respect. 

 This blending of foliage and flower is a 

 study that the English gardener is justly 

 proud of, for he excels. 



In the "gentlemen gardeners and ama- 

 teur" class a bank in the- shape of a half- 

 moon consisting of a large variety of choice 

 ferns, begonias in all shades of color, lilies, 

 petunias, gloxinias, caladiums and many 

 other remarkable specimens interspersed 

 with graceful grasses, was one of the finest 

 collections of the kind I have seen. Several 

 magnificent groups in this competition must 

 have given the judges thought in coming to 



a decision, for all were large and grandly 

 designed in form of a bank. 



Table decorations were specially fine, and 

 quite diff"erent from anything of the kind we 

 see in Canada. The competition was keen 

 and arrangement most artistic throughout. 

 The flowers used were mostly sweet peas, 

 orchids, and carnations, none of them 

 bunched, but blended with an easy grace 

 and entwined with one or other of the finest 

 foliaged slender climbing vines, asparagus, 

 plumosa and sprengerii, some of which had 

 the appearance of rich lace, gracefully 

 worked as if the bloom was part of the vine, 

 while here and there weeping grasses made 

 <ip the picture. 



Although this annual event is called a 



