A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



the war. I only mention this unskilled and sea- 

 sonal occupation because in the spring it is in con- 

 stant demand in the main and branch oflBces of 

 the Farm and Garden Association. A great new 

 field for woman's work opens now in greenhouse 

 work on estates and small private places, and in 

 commercial establishments as well. 



Walking in the gardens of a fine estate on the 

 north shore of Massachusetts this summer, I talked 

 with the superintendent concerning the work of 

 the nine to twelve young women he found em- 

 ployed, on his undertaking of the work this year. 

 "Tell me what you think of them." "They are 

 really first-rate," said he. "When I first came 

 here they were not in the habit of steady work. 

 If one wanted to go oflf for a day, she went. But 

 now that they have been shown the necessity for 

 continuous work I couldn't ask for better results, 

 and especially in the greenhouse. We must have 

 propagated something hke five hundred thousand 

 plants from seed this year. The girls did the work 

 and did it amazingly well." 



Animal husbandry is a vocation in agriculture 

 for women less often entered upon than these 

 others — but let me mention here a sentence or 

 two from a letter of one of our members. Miss S., 



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