GARDENING FOE WOMEN 143 



THIRD YEAR 



Pruning trees and shrubs ; mowing with scythe ; 

 special classes of plants ; hybridisation and selection ; 

 care of conservatory, plant houses, frames and pits ; 

 sprajring plants ; mushroom culture ; vine and fig culture ; 

 budding and grafting ; labelling. 



Theoretical Work. — Keeping garden accounts, stock 

 books, stores, etc. ; purchase of pots, gravel, sand, peat, 

 manure, etc. ; elementary meteorology ; theory of land- 

 scape gardening ; plant parasites ; sprays and washes 

 for insect pests ; classes and laboratory work in botany 

 and horticultural chemistry. 



The society undertakes that each pupil shall be given 

 opportunities for studying and practising each of the above 

 subjects, but it cannot guarantee that in every case the 

 order of the above list will be aahered to. 



FEES FOR THE ABOVE COURSE 



First year, £20 ; second } ear, £15 ; third year, £10. 

 Floral decoration is £1. Is. per annum. 



A year's course in gardening is given to ladies who 

 possess gardens in the country. Early application should 

 be made to the superintendent, Mrs. J. Bryant Sowerby, 

 Botanic Gardens, Kegent's Park. 



Amongst the rules I see that pupils must attend at 

 the gardens at 9.30 a.m. in summer, and 10 a.m. in winter, 

 and are allowed an interval of one hour and a half (12.30 

 to 2) in the middle of the day. 



Six students having passed out of the Royal Botanic 



