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in vases supplied by themselves, and the bunches must not 
exceed a diameter of eighteen inches. While this will 
make a most useful display, it must be admitted that it 
hampers the exhibitor, and not infrequently has the effect 
of producing a display of a smaller character than many 
growers are prepared to put up. It were much better to 
leave the grower and exhibitor absolutely unfettered, per- 
mitting him to make up his bunches of a size to suit his 
own ideas, and in this way give encouragement to those 
who are of an enterprising nature. 
To limit the size of a bunch seems absolutely fatal to 
the proper exhibition of these flowers. Just one plant, if 
properly grown, will make two to three very handsome 
bunches, assuming that the more branching sorts are 
cultivated, and this being so, it is certainly a great pity 
to insist upon the exhibit being confined to a certain 
diameter of certain proportions. 
Societies who feel an interest in this flower might well 
encourage the exhibition of varieties of certain colours, and 
as we now have so many to select from, it should be possible 
to put up six bunches of white or yellow, and so on, that 
the best varieties of a given colour may attain prominence, 
and be appreciated by the public for what they are actually 
worth. Where six bunches may be too many, and especially 
in the case of growers of a small number of plants, the 
number of bunches might be reduced to three, and if this 
also be too many, let classes be created for one bunch only 
of the different colours, which may now be found repre- 
sented in these plants. 
How to Arrange the Flowers. — In arranging 
flowers in the vases, at all times avoid crowding Let each 
spray of blossoms, so to speak, speak for itself, and adjust 
it in position, that all its blooms and the upper part of the 
foliage shall contrast pleasantly, one lending effect to the 
other. That the blooms may be kept in a fresh condition 
longer, the foliage on the lower portion of the stem should 
be rubbed off, leaving foliage only on the upper portion of 
the flower stems. There is a tendency when adjusting 
disbudded sprays in the vases to crowd them together in a 
