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hobby, and when successful die grower is amply repaid 
for all his care and trouble, The weather, as well as 
the plants, must be studied if perfect roses are desired. 
Should the first buds be too early they may be taken 
out, thus allowing the later ones to develop quicker and 
stronge:. It may be necessary, however, just before the 
show, to keep back the blooms or even hasten them on. 
For the former, specially prepared shades must be obtained 
or made by covering a wire frame with canvas and fixing 
it to a stake. For the latter, disused glass globes or 
boxes with glass sides and tops and fixed to stout stakes 
will be necessary. Such coverings not only retard or 
hasten the blooms, but prevent them from being scorched 
by the sun or spotted and spoiled by rain. 
When the blooms are for exhibition it is sometimes 
a matter of considerable anxiety to get them conveyed 
to the show, if it be any distance away. If they are to 
be shown on boards they should be carefully tied round 
with some soft material, as wool, &c. This should be 
fastened round the middle of the bloom, just tight enough 
to keep the petals in position. The blooms should then 
be placed in the tubes on the boards, first covering the 
latter with green feathery moss. The board or boards 
may then be placed in a box and conveyed any distance 
with safety. On arrival, the tubes should be refilled with 
water and the ties taken off. 
If they are to be shown in vases, the blooms should 
be tied round in the same way and carefully packed in 
a box or basket, taking off the ties before arranging at 
the show. 
