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OF STANDS OR COLLECTIONS. 



Variety of colour forms a distinct excellence, and 

 if disposed uniformly, it is another excellence ; a 

 third excellence is contrast. If light and dark flowers, 

 and middling, weie in a stand of twenty-four, there 

 are several ways of being uniform : say L means 

 light, D dark, M middling, the following would be 

 instances of uniformity :— 



LDMLLMDL 

 M L D M M D L M 

 D M L D D L M D 



L 



M 



D 



L 



D 



L 



M 



D 



L 



M 



D 



L 



(GarcL and Flor, i. 5 Q.J 



L 



D 



M 



L 



D 



M 



L 



D 



L 



D 



M 



L 



CUTTING BLOOMS TO SHOW. 



For this purpose, it is necessary to look more to 

 fine flowers than to new sorts. Look well to the pro- 

 perties of the flowers, and take those which approach 

 the nearest to perfection in form, whether they be 

 old or new. In making up a stand, contrast of colour 

 should, however, be observed as much as possible, 

 and they should be placed on the stand uniformly : 



