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to live at home and require some light garden 

 work, after their course of training is completed. 

 It is remunerative, very little responsibility is 

 entailed, and, to a certain extent, it is possible 

 to combine it with home duties. The interest 

 of it need not be restricted to the actual manual 

 labour of mowing and rolling the small lawn 

 and planting out seedlings. A small greenhouse 

 is perhaps attached, and pleasant social inter- 

 course may be had, if the owner is also interested 

 in gardening. 



To those who are ambitious for a wider scope 

 to their capacity, this kind of jobbing gardening 

 will be insuflScient. If they have a little capital 

 and some experience, it will well repay them to 

 start a small nursery garden and not only supply 

 labour for these villa gardens, but also sell plants 

 to them. Some business capacity is necessary, 

 but if, in addition, strong, healthy plants are 

 raised, there is no limit to the possibilities of such 

 a business. Should friends combine in such an 

 undertaking, it can be worked without assistance 

 from working men. If, however, as is very likely 

 to occur, the staff of lady assistants is called upon 

 to give advice in laying out small gardens, arrang- 

 ing plants in window boxes, decorating rooms for 

 concerts, dances, etc., men would have to be 

 employed to do the heavy work. The planning, 



