GARDENING FOR WOMEN 111 



company. She would be pleased if a nice, cheerful, 

 bright girl lived with her to share her pleasure in 

 the garden. The strength and vigour of the young 

 girl would compass things which the elderly lady 

 could not attempt unassisted. Thus companion- 

 ship would be added to the joy of gardening. 



Then, also, we know of many a young married 

 woman with a large family of children, whose 

 limited means necessitate a country life. The 

 children are sent to school, and return home only 

 in holiday time, or they have daily teachers who 

 leave them after lessons. Surely an arrangement 

 might be made by which some of their free time 

 could be turned to profitable, and yet pleasant 

 account, by their working a little in the garden 

 under the direction of the lady gardener. Children 

 love planting and digging. If encouraged, they 

 will take the greatest interest in beautifying a 

 garden. Some lessons in nature study, too, could 

 be given occasionally to increase their love for a 

 country life. 



This comparatively new idea of having some- 

 one to talk over garden arrangements with, in a 

 friendly and more or less companionable way, 

 usually smiles upon the woman of the house. She, 

 at last, sees within her reach the possibility of 

 achieving artistic effects which she has long thought 

 of in her day dreams, but has failed to get carried 



