IRISH GARDENING. 



Gardeners and Foresters under the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Atti'NTIon is dii'ectcd lu Ihe auiiouiicuiUL'ui in 

 our julvei-tisiiig columns ivlative to courses ol' 

 training in Horticulture and Forestry to be held 

 during the year 1917-lS under the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



The tlorticultura! School attached to the 

 Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin, Dublin, 

 will be open to two classes of resident students, 

 viz. — (1) Horticultural Instructors in Traininu 

 and (2) Apprentices. No applicant will be 

 eligible for admission to the first mentioned covn-se 

 who has not had from five to seven years' con- 

 tinuous experience of gardening. Applicant!? for 

 admission as aiaprentices will not be required to 

 liave had any special experience of this nature. 



Students admitted as Horticultural Instructors 

 in Training will receive an allowance of 10s. per 

 week and be provided with board and residence 

 at the College. Apprentices will be provided 

 with board and residence at the College and will, 

 after some months' training, be eligible to receive 

 in additioii an allowance of Hs. per week. 



The course for Horticultural Instructors in 

 'i'raining will provide facilities for the stvidy of 

 the sciences bearing on horticulture. Indoor 



instruction will be supplemented by work in 

 garden and orchard, special attention being 

 devoted to fruits, vegetables, plant diseases and 

 insect pests. In the case of the apprentices, out- 

 door instruction will be supplemcutevl by special 

 classes designed to enable an apprentice to 

 understand the principles underlying horticultural 

 practice. 



Arrangements have also been made for a course 

 of instruction for non-resident pupils, open to 

 both male and female students. These students 

 will be required to take part for seven or eight 

 liours daily in all thi- operations carried out in 

 the College gardens. They will, in addition, 

 receive class room instruction in the sciences 

 bearing on gardening oxierations. No remunera- 

 tion will be allowed in the case of these extern 

 students. The instruction will be provided free. 



Applicants for apprenticeships in forestry are 

 not expected to have had any special knowledge 

 of fdi'estry, but preference is given to those who 

 have had experience of work in woods. 



Apprentices are allowed 1 Is. per week, witli 

 furnished lodging, during the period of ti-aining. 



Tlie Department also offer valuable scholar- 

 ships in horticulture and forestry tenable at the 

 lioyal College of Science, Dublin. The scholai- 

 ships are renewable for a total course of four year 

 and enable the holders to obtain, free of cost, the 

 most advanced technical and scientific training. 



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