188 GARDENING FOR WOMEN 



a short report of my work in connection with the above 

 institution, which I founded in 1901. 



" It is beautifully situated on an elevation gently sloping 

 south towards Kiel Harbour, near the Kaiser Wilhelm 

 Canal. It contains two hot-houses, eighty forcing frames, 

 about 500 fruit trees of all sorts and kinds, a grand assort- 

 ment of shrubs, ornamental trees and conifers. Two 

 alleys of high-grown pear trees (interlaced) in the shape 

 of a large cross form the centre of the garden. 



" I opened the school with five pupils ; at present there 

 are seventeen; The course of training is two years for 

 those who wish to take up gardening as a profession, and 

 one year for amateurs. 



" The study is twofold : Practical and theoretical. 

 Our practical course comprises : — ^Fruit growing : How to 

 grow best dessert fruit on large and small farm trees. 

 Harvesting the fruit. Storing and packing it. There 

 are about forty different kinds of apples, thirty-five 

 pear and fifteen plum trees. Preserving various fruits 

 in various ways. Then there is the annual grafting of 

 wild trees, the culture of farm trees, of high standard and 

 half-high standards. We also grow apples, pears, and 

 peaches in pots and tubs. Vegetable growing includes 

 forcing in the hothouse and frames, as well as cultivation 

 of all suitable kinds in the open field. I teach preserving 

 and wintering of vegetables. In flower growing we speci- 

 ally take those pot plants that sell well, as : Chrysanthe- 

 mum indicum, Primula obconica and chinensis, cyclamen, 

 begonias, amaryllis, hyacinths, tulips, cineraria, etc.- 

 But of course we also cultivate exotics. 



