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Horticultural School. 



The schools in the country districts have as a rule instruction in 

 cookery and housekeeping, needlework, gardening, work in the cowshed 

 and dairy, as well as in hygiene and the care of children. 



The schools in the towns have as a rule instruction only in cookery 

 and housekeeping, together with hygiene and the care of children. 



Mobt of the housewifery schools attach most importance to the prac- 

 tical training, the theoretical instruction as a rule embracing only from 

 2 to 3 hours daily. 



The housewifery schools have from 12 to 40 pupils each. The most 

 of the combined schools hold only one course in the year, namely, during 

 the time when there is most room in the buildings. 



The lower Horticultural Schools. 

 Of these schools we have: 



1 school in Christiania with a theoretical course extending over 3 winters 

 and apprentice service in the intervening summer. This school has 3 

 sections : i for hot-house and green-house gardening, i for landscape 

 gardening and i for ordinary outdoor gardening. 



4 schools with 1% years practical and theoretical couise in all kinds of 

 horticulture. The instruction in these schools, however, corresponds in 

 the main to the ordinary outdoor gardening section at the school in 

 Christiania. 



2 schools with I year's course in general horticulture. 

 2 schools with 8 months course in general horticulture. 



The first 5 of these schools are specially designed for such pupils 



