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are not likely to be able to bear the strain 

 of manual labour. And what is the manual 

 labour required? Well, it is not largely 

 digging or anything quite so backaching, 

 but it is strength to be able to be on one's 

 feet all day (by no means a sinecure to a Kind of 



\ i i strength 



woman) ; to be constantly moving about required for 

 from one place to another, generally carrying g 

 something, either in one's hands or arms, or 

 on a barrow. Or there is the necessity for 

 stooping for a long time at a stretch, planting 

 out or sowing seeds. To be a successful 

 gardener these things must be done, and to 

 the average girl, who has had little regular 

 occupation at home, especially anything which 

 calls for standing, these things come hardly at 

 first, but it is extraordinary how soon accus- 

 tomed students become to the work if they 

 have taken it up of their own free will, and 

 how stimulating they find the numbers doing 

 pretty much the same thing. Then as a set- 

 off to this comes the greatly improved 

 health, both in bodily strength and absence 



