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with to build for herself, and better still for 

 other women, not one boat, but a whole 

 flotilla fitted up with the latest inventions 

 and best equipments to sail the unknown seas 

 of life in safety ; no longer in doubt of the 

 issues, but feeling sure that steering by the 

 compass of self-sacrifice (which is the law of 

 life) they will in due course ride at anchor 

 safely " in the haven where they would be." 

 So with this, the warning of hard experience, 

 let me urge every woman to sit down and 

 count the cost before " she setteth out on 

 this warfare." 



what the Now let us consider the kind of train- 

 training . ir . . . . .. r 



should mg itself which is required to nt a girl to 



become first of all a general gardener, and 

 then to specialise as a market gardener. As 

 to the essentials of which every one must 

 possess a practical knowledge (and here let 

 me pause and emphasise that the importance 

 of practical knowledge cannot possibly be 

 overstated, or the truth of the saying ques- 

 tioned that " an ounce of practice is worth a 



