124 GARDENING FOR WOMEN 



of the Royal Horticultural Society or of the Board of 

 Education, South Kensington; 



During the session 1905-6, eleven acres of the college 

 farm at Shinfield, two and a half miles from Reading, 

 were planted as a fruit station. On this station students 

 will be able to study modem methods of fruit and vegetable 

 cultivation on a commercial scale. 



Courses of instruction have been arranged as follows : — 



The diploma in Jiorticulture is awarded at the end of 

 a two years' course in the science and practice of horti- 

 culture. The course is designed for students who intend 

 to take up horticulture as a career. It provides training 

 in the sciences on which the practice of horticulture is 

 based, in market and florist work, and in fruit-growing. 



Each session of the course extends over forty weeks, 

 including the thirty weeks of the ordinary college session, 

 together with ten weeks of practical work only, arranged to 

 suit the convenience of individual students. 



The diploma with distinction in special subjects is 

 awarded to students who, having gained the diploma, 

 spend a third year at the college pursuing special studies, 

 and who pass the examination prescribed. The course is 

 adapted to the requirements of those who may become 

 teachers of horticulture or specialists in some particular 

 branch of horticulture.- 



Note. — The above diplomas are granted by the Oxford 

 and Reading Joint Committee, on which are represented 

 the college, the University of Oxford, the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society, and the Royal Horticultural Society. 



The certificate in horticulture (granted by the college) 



