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STATE HORTICULTURAL SCHOOL OF VILVORDE 

 PUPILS GOING TO PRACTICE 



Professional Instruction in Horticulture 



SECONDARY PRACTICAL SCHOOLS 



General. Since 1848, several establishments of instruc- 

 tion have been founded in Belgium with the object of 

 supplying young men, who wish to gain a living in the 

 horticultural industry, with theoretical and practical 

 knowledge sufficient to raise them above the level of intel- 

 lectual development of ordinary labourers, and so to 

 equip them, as adequately as possible, to meet the conti- 

 nued demands for improvement in modern horticulture. 



Since 1849, the Belgian State has maintained the Schools 

 of Ghent and Vilvorde, which are attached directly to the 

 Agricultural Department. They are both organised in 

 accordance with the law of April 4 th , 1890, and regulated 

 by the Royal and Ministerial Decrees (October 17 and 

 18, 1890). They have also the same programme of studies 



