170 The Amateur's Book of the Dahlia 



lavender as possible, arranging Queen Wilhel- 

 mina or some other white between. 



The light cactus types do not look well beside 

 the massive show or decoratives. Place the 

 peony types between. Little pompons, on the 

 other hand, do look well with the heavy ones, 

 as it accentuates their daintiness. 



The points for judging dahlia exhibits as 

 adopted by the American Dahlia Society should 

 be invariably used at all dahlia shows. It helps 

 to standardize the points of the flowers: 



POINTS 



Colour 20 



Stem and foliage 25 



Substance 15 



Form 20 



Size 20 



100 



Judges should each be provided with paper and 

 pencil and carefully go over each exhibit, scoring 

 carefully the faults. In no other way can the 

 awards be justly made. They must abide 

 strictly by the rules laid down by the show 

 committee, disqualifying any exhibit, no matter 

 how fine, which does not conform to all of them. 



