CHAPTER VI 



SOME HINTS UPON TAKING UP A POST AS HEAD 

 GAEDENER 



I ASSUME that a candidate for a position as head 

 gardener has been through a two years' course of 

 study at one of the Horticultural Colleges or at a 

 school, and has been under-gardener for a year or 

 more in a private garden. No doubt she has learnt 

 how to grow flowers, vegetables, and fruit, but it is 

 possible that she does not know much about the 

 routine work which she will now have to 

 superintend. As principal of the Glynde School 

 for Lady Gardeners, I have had to study this sub- 

 ject, and the following notes, some of which are 

 compiled with the help of a former superintendent, 

 Miss J. S. Turner, are offered for use. 



A lady gardener is still somewhat of an experi- 

 ment to owners of gardens, and, therefore, each 

 one who takes up the work is, in a sense, the 

 pioneer of a new profession for women ; it rests with 

 her to make or mar the success of future lady 

 gardeners. If she is a failure, or does not give 



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