52 THE MOONLIGHT LECTURE 



upon the other side of the plant. One by one the 

 students each do this to some three or four plants, 

 after which the row is completed and will bear 

 close inspection by daylight the following day. 



There is as great an art in knowing how to learn 

 as there is in rightly imparting instruction. A 

 lack of careful observation is very noticeable 

 amongst women when first they try to undertake 

 manual work such as hoeing, earthing up plants, 

 or digging. Particularly is this the case with 

 those who do not play games such as tennis, golf, 

 or cricket. They are apt to hurry too much and 

 do not wait to consider how they can most ex- 

 peditiously set to work. It has consequently 

 always been my endeavour to obtain only practical 

 workers as their teachers, men who have been of 

 necessity obliged to carry out work thoroughly 

 and quickly. By watching very carefully how they 

 use their tools, women soon become adepts them- 

 selves at such outdoor work. 



It must not be thought from this account of 

 somewhat unique moonlight garden studies that 

 we do not possess a real lecture-room. A year ago, 

 this welcome addition to the general comfort was 

 established, and, humble as it is in appearance, we 

 value it for its convenience. Before then, lectures 

 took place in my small house, but although this 

 suited the students, I found that the long, lugubri- 

 ous faces of my maids betrayed the fact that muddy 

 boots, which often caused legs of chairs to be 

 scratched and temporarily disfigured, were not 

 welcomed by the household. Therefore a long 

 wooden structure, about forty-two feet long by 



