114 GAEDENING FOE WOMEN 



who will endeavour to give you all she can suc- 

 cessfully grow, and whose taste and judgment 

 can be relied upon. 



Every year the number of women students at 

 horticultural colleges increases. The profession 

 appeals to many, and there are now a large number 

 who, having completed their education, are seek- 

 ing posts. Up to the present time, the supply is in 

 excess of the demand. This is, I believe, the case 

 with all professions until they have become firmly 

 established. Employers still hesitate to try a 

 lady gardener. Then, too, the ladies who up to 

 now have desired to have women head gardeners, 

 have usually possessed large gardens, needing 

 many hands to work them. It is natural that the 

 young woman who but lately was a student, superin- 

 tended and guided in all her undertakings by a 

 teacher, hesitates about managing a large garden. 

 There are many such who still hold back in diffi- 

 dence, hoping to obtain a small post first. 



I sincerely trust, when this is fully realised by 

 those interested in the success of women horti- 

 culturalists, that many owners of medium sized 

 or small gardens will come forward and offer posts 

 to women. A garden of one or two acres, with a 

 small greenhouse, and only one or two labourers 

 for rough work, will be best suited to a newly 

 fledged lady gardener. She should be able to 



