CHAPTER III 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



This wide field of study is one which, women 

 are well suited to, provided they have brains 

 and good taste. In order to be really successful, 

 imagination is required, as well as other qualities 

 that are needed by an ordinary head gardener. 

 No amount of study or training can adapt an 

 inartistic woman to this profession, but given 

 artistic feeling, the power of conveying her ideas 

 to her employers and to those working for her, 

 great possibilities are within reach. Many fail, 

 perhaps, by a headstrong desire to carry out their 

 own plans ; they do not regard sufficiently the 

 views and wishes of those for whom they work. A 

 considerable amount of tact is necessary, in order 

 to obtain the confidence of the owner of the garden. 

 Having ascertained his requirements, and made 

 these the centre of the scheme, the woman-gardener's 

 imagination should help to fill in all details. 



I assume that the candidate for such a position 

 has had a good general education, and is well 



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