CHAPTER XV 



CONTINENTAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 

 BELGIUM 



I AM told upon good authority that although up to 

 the present moment no schools of horticulture have 

 been founded for ladies, the Government is contem- 

 plating the institution of one. In 1907 six young 

 ladies joined the classes of the Government School 

 of Horticulture at Ghent. At the Vilvorde Govern- 

 ment School of Horticulture three young women 

 (foreigners) followed the school training, and one 

 of them received a diploma. Quite recently a 

 horticultural section has been opened in the Pen- 

 sionnat d'Hiverle, and three young ladies have 

 joined it. Belgium possesses many ecoles menageres 

 agricoles for women, but these are more for agri- 

 cultural or farming supervision. 



At the Horticultural Congress held in 1907 at 

 St. Crond (in the province of Lunbourg), M. de 

 Vuyst read an interesting paper in favour of gar- 

 dening instruction for ladies. 



Mademoiselle Rossignon in her admirable private 



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