22 THE GARDENING YEAR 



are salient features. They take one back to happy- 

 days spent in Italy beneath that deep blue sky, 

 where the dark green restfulness of cypress avenues 

 leads up quietly to the brilliancy of many surprise 

 gardens in which sun-sparkling fountains and 

 foaming waterfalls give a life and buoyancy that 

 are insufficiently known in our quiet and some- 

 times over-sombre English grounds. 



Thus there would seem to be work suited to all 

 tastes and talents, and it is only a matter of selec- 

 tion and then hard work and going ahead ; but the 

 great point to bear in mind is that the highest 

 ideals of the craft are yet waiting to be developed. 

 For this reason, those men and women who have 

 visited other countries, studied foreign methods of 

 packing and marketing, and have had opportunities 

 of seeing the best ornamental gardens, the most 

 closely intercropped market-gardens, are the ones 

 who can assist permanently. Others, less ad- 

 vantageously educated, can but continue in the 

 old groove to which we are accustomed. The 

 moment has come for swift action to be taken by 

 the women of our nation, so that they may be 

 equipped and ready, prepared to carry out these 

 greatly needed improvements when times resume 

 a more even tenor, a more normal aspect. 



Other important points where colonies of workers 

 spend much time together are punctuality, implicit 

 obedience to any of the heads, and the exercise of 

 a good example to be displayed by the elders 

 for the emulation of younger members of the 

 band. 



These are some of the hints that the new students 



