142 GARDENING FOE WOMEN 



The course of instruction extends over three years, 

 and commences on October 1st. 



SUBJECTS : FIRST YEAR 



Outdoor Work. — Ground operations, implements used ; 

 levelling with horning rods ; draining ; formation of paths, 

 beds, and lawns ; trenching, digging and hoeing ; prepara- 

 tion for planting, etc. ; care of lawns — mowing with 

 machine, sweeping, weeding, and rolling ; flower 

 gardening — ^herbaceous borders, pricking off, planting ; 

 staking, tying and watering ; vegetable and fruit garden — 

 double digging, manuring ; preparation of seed beds ; 

 aerating the soil. 



Indoor Work. — Cleaning and crocking pots ; materials 

 required for composts ; potting, watering, cleaning, 

 staking, tying and top-dressing plants ; propagation by 

 cuttings, as geraniums, etc. ; pricking off seedlings. 



SECOND YEAR 



Outdoor Work. — Preparing and storing manure, methods 

 of application ; care of lawns, flower and kitchen garden, 

 shrubbery, fernery, etc. ; sowing vegetable and flower seeds, 

 and planting tubers ; growing vegetables, flowers and 

 fruits ; outdoor tomato culture. 



Indoor Work. — Horticultural buildings, repairing, 

 painting and glazing ; propagation by division of roots, 

 stems, and tubers ; forcing and retarding ; insects and 

 fungoid pests ; methods of extermination ; melon, 

 cucumber and tomato culture. 



Theoretical Work. — Suitable manures for various soils ; 

 principles of hot-water heating. 



