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BURNLEY SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE AND 

 SMALL FARMING. 



E. E. Pescott, Principal. 



The Burnley School of Horticulture and Small Farming is situater^ 

 dn a picturesque and sheltered bend of the River Yarra, at Burnley, about 

 4 miles from Melbourne. It may be reached by train, either from the 

 Burnley, Hawthorn, or Heyington stations ; .by tram to the Richmond 

 "terminus; or by the Auburn horse tram. 



The flower gardens, lawns, and shrubberies are extensive, and this 

 ipoition of the estate is a very popular visiting resort. 



PRINCIPAL S RESIDENCE. 



The two orchards comprise about fourteen acres of fruit trees and 

 "\egetable garden. Over tweh-e hundred varieties of fruit trees are at 

 (present under culture. The apple collection includes considerabl\ over 

 .six hundred varieties, mostly on the dwarf Paradise stock, and there are 

 • over three hundred varieties of pears. Such a collection of fruit trees 

 .in full bearing is unequalled in Victoria, and its instructional value is 

 ^■ery great. 



The dairy herd is comprised of pMre stock of the Ayrshire and Jersey 

 strains, ten cows being kept. 



The poultry runs contain pure stock of the leading breeds, including 

 White Leghorns, Black Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Minorcas, and others. 

 About two hundred chickens are raised ajinually by means of incubators; 

 and of these, both pullets and cockerels find a readv sale throughout the 

 State. Sittings of eggs from the selected stock are also sold and de- 

 spatched largely during the season. 



The School is controlled by the Department of Agriculture, and in it 



youths over the age of fourteen years are trained in the sciences of horti- 



< culture, especially as related to fruit-growing, and agriculture, on a scale 



