130 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



being left for the night the lid should be put on the 

 box, and the end of a small flower-pot be inserted in 

 the centre of the lid to keep it a few inches open in 

 the front so as to allow of a free access of air to the 

 blooms. For every bloom intended to be staged there 

 should be taken to the show, in a separate box, at least 

 one extra bloom (not necessarily of the same variety), 

 and all these spare blooms should, as a rule, be younger 

 than those in the box designed for the exhibition. It 

 will not be necessary to wire or label these extra 

 blooms, but it will be well to place between the inner 

 petals of each of them a tiny slip of writing paper with 

 the name of the variety upon it, so that there may be 

 no doubt of its identity when selected to take the place 

 of another bloom at the show. The centres of all 

 but the youngest blooms should also be tied. When 

 travelling to the exhibition care must be taken that the 

 Rose boxes are at all times kept level, and for this 

 purpose it will be necessary to personally superintend 

 the placing of the boxes in the vans of the trains, 

 and their removal therefrom, and in the same way 

 to see they are properly treated when travelling by 

 cab or other conveyance. 



At the Exhibition. — It is always well to reach the 

 show early, so that plenty of time may be available 

 for setting up the Roses. The boxes intended for 

 exhibition should at once be taken to the places where 

 they are to be staged. In that way their position is 

 secured, and they should not require to be moved 

 after the blooms are once arranged, although this has 

 unfortunately occasionally to be done if the exhibition 



