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feet will not be too much for large flowers 

 with good stiff stems. The water in which 

 they are kept should be changed at least 

 twice each week, when a small piece should 

 be cut from the end of each stem. While in 

 storage the blooms should be looked over 

 and any decaying petals removed. 



SELECTING THE BLOOMS FOR EXHIBITION 



When ready to begin packing, the pro- 

 spective exhibitor must himself become a 

 judge. He would be unwise to take to the 

 exhibition anything but his best blooms, and 

 the choice of the best will need some careful 

 comparing and selecting. After the number 

 to be exhibited has been decided upon, look 

 the variety or varieties over carefully, select 

 the required number of blooms for a specified 

 exhibit, and place them where they can be 

 examined in a good light. If the number 

 should be twelve, compare them carefully 

 and select nine or ten of the best. Then 

 get three or four more of the best that 

 have been left and compare them with those 

 already selected, as sometimes a second 

 examination may change your opinion of a 

 bloom. It is only by the most rigid inspec- 



