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PUTTING ON A FLOWER SHOW 
{Continued from page 100 ) 
Don’t prefix every class in the schedule 
with the redundant words “The best” this, 
that or the other. The judges select the 
best and the award they make is or should 
be the signification of the same. 
Prepare, publish and distribute the 
schedule of competition as early as pos¬ 
sible in advance of the proposed date of 
the show so that prospective exhibitors 
may be informed of the exhibits sought 
and have adequate time to prepare for 
and grow them. 
The schedule should contain a few 
simple but most essential rules and regula¬ 
tions devised to govern the show. First 
and most important is that entries in 
competition must be made in writing to 
the Secretary at least two days in advance 
of the opening date of the show. A set 
time should be specified when all exhibits 
must be ready for the judges and a stated 
time for removal of exhibits at the close 
of the show. 
In cut flower classes if exhibitors are to 
provide their own vases, they should be so 
informed. This seems to be the custom in 
small shows but in the larger exhibitions 
they are provided by the management. 
With all the preliminaries arranged and 
with plenty of exhibits in prospect the 
success of the show is proportionate to the 
efficiency of a few individuals in the 
performance of essential duties. 
THE secretary’s WORK 
lot of detail work devolves upon the 
Secretary, requiring time for its proper 
performance. Hence the provision of 
notifying the Secretary not less than 
two days in advance of the intention to 
exhibit and in what classes. The Secre¬ 
tary should have a Class book, paged 
according to schedule, one class on each 
page, and each exhibitor’s entries as 
received should be entered in this book in 
the respective classes. P'rom this record 
exhibitors’ cards are then made out. Each 
card should be inserted in a plain envelope 
on the face of which there should only be 
the class number in accord with the 
schedule and the exhibitor’s number in 
accord with the entry in the class book. 
This is a most efficient system and per¬ 
fectly conceals the identity of exhibits till 
judgment has been passed, after which the 
cards can be withdrawn and displayed 
upon the winning exhibits with the award 
attached. If the exhibitor keeps faith 
with the Secretary this preparatory detail 
will have been done in advance and all 
cards will be ready on the morning of the 
show to hand out on demand. The 
exhibitor is usually to blame for the hectic 
time that happens to be the lot of some 
Secretaries on the morning of the show. 
As soon as the judges have made their 
awards, the Secretary should enter them 
in the class book beside the names of the 
fortunate winners and this book is then a 
complete record of the show. 
The general plan and arrangement of a 
show must be well considered and worked 
out in advance of the opening date by a 
special committee or some competent 
individual and this committee or individ¬ 
ual should supervise the placing of all 
exhibits. In this department, too, it 
makes materially for the conafort and 
convenience of the exhibitor and for the 
peace of mind of the official in charge of 
the staging if there has been all round 
cooperation. 
STAGING THE CLASSES 
If the exhibitor has notified the Secre¬ 
tary, then those in charge of the staging 
have some tangible idea of what to expect 
in the respective classes and will have 
made provision accordingly. There will 
be deficiencies in some classes at the last 
moment and unexpected accessions in 
others, but these are minor matters easily 
remedied. The general effect of the 
complete exhibit is the fundamental 
factor of consideration. The schedule 
numbering of the classes need not be and 
generally cannot be slavishly followed 
seriatim. There should, however, be a 
rigid adherence to the placing of all the 
smaller exhibits in their separate and 
distinct classes. This greatly facilitates 
judgment and obviates the possibility of 
any of them failing to be seen by the 
judges. Thelargerdisplayswhich contrib¬ 
ute so much to spectacular effect will of 
course be placed where they conform best 
to the general effect as by reason of their 
size and importance there is no danger of 
their failing to receive adequate considera¬ 
tion. The small exhibitor with perhaps 
only two or three entries is, however, not 
less deserving of consideration and the aim 
should be to accord to every exhibit its 
requisite space and position. 
This is a critical matter and one that 
should not be lightly regarded. Partici¬ 
pants in flower shows may take a char¬ 
itable view of shortcomings in organiza¬ 
tion and management provided the 
judgment is competent. Procure the 
best judges obtainable, preferably from 
a distance, and they should not enter the 
show until it is ready for the awards to 
be made. There will never be unanimous 
accord on all decisions, but the awards 
of competent men are usually accepted 
as reflecting the best judgment of those 
making them. 
From the foregoing it is apparent that 
putting on a flower show is just a matter 
of organization and application to 
essential details. Some Garden Clubs 
are already doing it very well. The writer 
has visited and judged for quite a number 
of them and their work in this respect is 
most commendable. If a good example 
is an incentive and an inspiration it may 
perhaps be admissable to cite one of out¬ 
standing merit well worthy of emulation. 
The Garden Club of Short Hills, New 
Jersey, holds a Dahlia Show every au¬ 
tumn, which in arrangement, organization 
and management is as near perfection as 
can be humanly attained. 
Arthur Herrington 
