IN A COLLEGE GARDEN 



CHAPTER I 



THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GARDENING YEAR 



It has been my good fortune to be able to build up 

 slowly on a cornfield, devoid of house, tree, or 

 shrub, a garden complete enough to afford ample 

 preparation to those women who wish to make a 

 livelihood by gardening. 



Like all work that one has enjoyed doing, it 

 has at times been arduous and fraught with care 

 and anxiety, but the assurance that what was 

 fifteen years ago mere pioneer work has now 

 proved itself a really prosperous profession for 

 women is sufficient reward for past troubles. 

 During a considerable number of years I was 

 obliged to do single-handed and alone the super- 

 vising and much of the clerical work, and, now 

 that I find myself entirely relieved of this strenuous 

 and yet intensely interesting task, it occurs to me 

 that some glimpses of the daily life and work 

 at a horticultural college, some reflections upon 

 possible future national developments, may be of 

 interest to those who wish to further this ever- 

 widening profession for women. There is some- 

 thing so joyous and happy about the open-air life 



