Sweet Peas 



water, round the bottom six inches of the stems, 

 then put a swirl of tissue paper round the entire 

 bunch. The bunches can be stood upright 

 in a square box like a tea-chest or they can 

 be packed on their sides in a flat box, one layer 

 deep. 



Of course, it is essential that the flowers be 

 absolutely dry before being packed in this way, 

 and it is hardly necessary to say that the boxes 

 must not be left to the tender mercies of railway 

 porters without supervision. These men are 

 often abused, but I have had over thirty years 

 experience of them, and have never found them 

 unkind to boxes of flowers, if politely asked to 

 handle them carefully. 



The flowers are usually staged in glass vases 

 or small stone jars, and to prevent the flower 

 stems slipping down to the bottom of the vases 

 or jars, several pieces of Gypsophila or a number 

 of rushes cut square across the top, are inserted 

 into the mouths of the jars. When this is done 

 the blossoms remain readily in the position 

 desired by the exhibitor. 



In arranging the vases on the show table, it 

 is always best to work for a harmony of colour 

 rather than contrasts. 



The vases should be placed on stepped or tiered 

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