GARDENING FOR WOMEN 



Part I 



CHAPTER I 



GARDENING AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMEN 



Daughters of many professional men are obliged 

 to earn a living. It often happens that the head 

 of the family, after years of hard work, has to 

 retire owing either to illness or age. His pension 

 is a small one, and it becomes necessary for his 

 daughters, as well as his sons, to make a career 

 for themselves. They have been accustomed, 

 perhaps, to a comfortable home, with a con- 

 siderable number of luxuries, and the question as 

 to the best method of earning a living must 

 necessarily be a difficult one. In this connection 

 it is, I hope, pardonable to quote a passage from 

 Mrs. Creighton's recent article upon women's 

 education, which created great interest among 

 those concerned with the welfare of young women. 

 She wrote : — "It is tolerably well agreed what 



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