Dahlia Shows 157 



thinking over ideas for an artistic arrangement 

 of dahlias you wish that you knew who the 

 judges are to be so as to arrange the flowers to 

 their taste ! 



Well, you will make your entries, anyway, and 

 trust to luck that you may be able to bring 

 some flowers, at least! So you fill in the blanks 

 and post them with trembling fingers. 



When the great day arrives and you start to 

 gather the flowers, you are amazed at the num- 

 ber you have. Crystal seemed to have opened 

 on purpose for that artistic arrangement you 

 had planned (after you learned that ladies were to 

 judge that class you had vowed to use Mina 

 Burgle if it was to be men !) 



The extra bud of Kalif had opened wide and 

 the other five blooms were holding their own in 

 form and colour. You have four each of the 

 three varieties of cactus dahlias, which in your 

 heart you knew all the time was much more 

 liable to win against six of one and three each of 

 the other two. Of course it was a pity that 

 some of the varieties failed so that one or two 

 of the classes had to be left out, but you have so 

 many blooms, anyway, you wonder how you will 

 get them all to the show. 



When you finally do reach there you think that 

 bedlam has been turned loose. Everyone is 



