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bition hall, where they are unpacked and 

 loosely arranged so that they may resume 

 their natural form after the journey. 



The flowers having been put in water, 

 the work of arranging the exhibition vases 

 should begin. George W. Kerr, an ex- 

 perienced exhibitor, gives the following 

 directions for the arrangement of flowers : 



"In staging the flowers never crowd 

 them. Let every flQwer 'speak for itself.' 

 Twenty sprays make a nice vase, and the 

 best method of arranging them is to start 

 by putting some grass (cut two inches 

 long) in the mouth of the vase, as this 

 helps to keep the stems in position. Each 

 stem must be put in separately. Let every 

 flower be seen as far as possible and all 

 face one way, with the exception of such 

 varieties as have the back of the standards 

 tinted in coloring other than the ground 

 color of the flower, when the position of 



