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brie, five or six dozens of glass fruit- jars, and the 

 thing is done. The gilded ribbons for prizes can 

 readily be made at home. And when one or two 

 speakers are added, too, at the time of the flowery 

 array, to hold forth briefly on the matter of classi- 

 fication, naming, and the best uses of the flower of 

 the day, the little show is sure to become a yearly 

 event to many people. 



We have found it best to begin with the gladiolus 

 in entering upon a course of flower shows, but the 

 tulip would be a comparatively simple flower to 

 use in this way, as would the sweet pea. Daffo- 

 dils would be somewhat more difficult, owing to 

 their rather involved classification. The dahlia, 

 however, affords a magnificent subject for garden- 

 club exhibiting. I would suggest for the very 

 glory of it, though I do not know whether or not 

 this has ever been done, a show composed exclu- 

 sively of rambler roses and delphiniums. Gar- 

 lands, festoons of delicious little pink roses, rang- 

 ing from those faintly tinged with color to such 

 rich hues as are in Excelsa, arranged so that they 

 seem to start from pots; of such dwarf ramblers 

 as Ellen Poulson, and at intervals in the back- 

 ground sheaves of blue to bluest delphiniums ! 



Shows of annuals only should be interesting and 



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