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AKHALS OF HORTICULTURE. 



if technical horticultural education — that which is designed to 

 fit the student directly for a trade — is in demand in this coun- 

 try, or if the pay of the horticulturist warrants much expense 

 in the way of preliminary school training. It seemed to be 

 the general opinion that America is not yet ready for the tech- 

 nical horticultural schools which flourish in Europe, unless, 

 perhaps, in the direction of floriculture. Our agricultural 

 education should continue for a time to be somewhat general, 

 and to contemplate fitting the farmer for citizenship quite as 

 much as for farming. 



Horticultural Education in Nova Scotia. — The 

 only new foundation for a horticultural school during the year 

 has been made in Nova Scotia ; and this appears to be the only 

 instance in the New World in which a distinct institution has 

 been founded solely for purposes of instruction in horticulture. 

 The organization is also unique. The provincial Fruit Growers' 

 Association assumes the main support of the institution, while 

 the government contributes a stated sum for each student in 

 attendance. The school opened late in 1893 at Wolfville, with 

 a fair attendance, and with Professor Faville at its head. The 

 course extends through two years. It is expected that an 

 experiment station will be added to the institution soon. The 

 Provincial legislation seconding this novel venture is as follows : 



"An Act to Encourage the Establishmerit of a School of Hor- 

 ticulture. — Whereas, the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion proposes to establish and conduct a School of Horticul- 

 ture, and it is believed that the successful carrying out of the 

 undertaking would promote the important interests of fruit 

 growing in our Province, and it is expedient that reasonable 

 aid be granted from the Provincial treasury to the undertaking ; 



"Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and 

 Assembly, as follows : 



"If the Nova Scotia Fruit Grower's Association, or any 

 other body, shall establish and conduct an efficient School of 

 Horticulture, and shall make satisfactory arrangements for the 

 diffusion throughout the Province of useful knowledge of fruit 

 growing by means of lectures and otherwise, the governing 

 body of such school shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, 

 be entitled to receive annually from the Provincial treasury 

 towards the support of such school the sum of fifty dollars for 

 each pupil who shall have been regularly in attendance at the 

 school for at least six months in the year, and shall have pur- 

 sued such course of study as may be prescribed ; provided, how- 

 ever, that the total sum payable to such school in any year 

 shall not exceed two thousand dollars. 



" 2. The location of such school, the course of study, and 

 all rules and regulations for the management of the school, 



