ON FORMING A GARDEN CLUB 



mittee or by the president of the club. She pre- 

 pares a preUminary schedule of all the classes for 

 the coming show, and reads it to the club several 

 months before the show, asking for suggestions, 

 and also giving the club a chance to plant the 

 special flowers for the show designated in schedule. 

 She gives in this schedule rules for judging, with 

 the percentage allowed for color, quality, form, 

 and condition. Rules for exhibiting are given, 

 also, and it is stated that breaking these rules 

 will disqualify. 



On the day of the show the class committee 

 pass upon all entries, to be sure they are entered 

 according to schedule, and, where possible, count 

 number entered in each exhibit. 



Duties of Exhibition Committee and Their 

 Chairman 



The chairman of the exhibition committee is 

 appointed by the president of the Garden Club. 

 She appoints her own committee of about twenty, 

 and divides their work into three parts: 



First Division: Takes entire charge of Exhibi- 

 tion Hall. No one else enters. They apportion 

 the space needed for each class on the exhibition 

 tables by consulting the entry cards, as every 

 member has signified the classes she is to enter. 



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