October 25, 1894 
JOURNAL OF HORTTGULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
387 
encouragement to an exhibitor who “times ” bis blooms to a day ?—not 
the least simple phase of exhibiting Chrysanthemums. Fully developed 
blooms will always add a point or two over those not so if they, of 
course, are in other points perfect example?. 
How TO Stage Blooms. 
A few suggestions as to staging the blooms may he useful to begin¬ 
ners, and they certainly would be beneficial to some exhibitors who 
are competing, whether it be light or dark, such trifles are below 
their ken. Blooms placed too low upon the stands lose much of their 
appearance, and when arranged opposite to this are made to ^look 
smaller. 
Some exhibitors place two large blooms side by side because [the 
colour harmonises the better, but this latter point does not receive the 
consideration from judges that some imagine it ought. Of course where 
two competing stands are close in point of merit then harmony of colons 
Fig. 59.-CHRYSANTHEMUM DUCHESS OF YORK. 
have spent many years in the exhibition tent if they would only open 
their eyes to personal faults. It is surprising to see how some persons 
have kept on the simple “ flopping ” down upon the stands of their blooms 
for years, apparently taking no notice of their previous non-success. 
At the present day I could point to individuals who are noted for their 
“ let alone ” plan after cutting the blooms and arranging them upon 
the stands at home. They do not study the building in which they 
scores a point. In arranging the blooms it is better to mix the large 
and small, always placing an extra good specimen at the outside corner 
at each end. Some exhibitors place all their small blooms in the back 
row, with the absurd idea that the judges are so much taken up with the 
larger specimens at the front do not notice the inferior ones. What is 
known as an even stand should be the desideratum of an exhibitor. 
Evenness in such matters as size, colour, arrangement, and freshness is 
