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" In the open we cultivate the favourite spring and 

 summer flowers, annual and perennial roses, etc. Thus 

 we obtain abundant material for cut flowers, which serve 

 for teaching the pupils to make up bouquets, table decora- 

 tions, etc. We use the garden stuff first of all for our 

 own household, but the remainder — by far the larger part — 

 is sold in Kiel, thus teaching the pupils the actual market 

 value of their materials. 



" At the Schleswig-Holstein Horticultural Exhibition 

 in 1906 our school gained four first and three second 

 prizes ; severaj diplomas ; and the silver State medal for 

 fruit-packing. 



" For landscape gardening we have small plantations, 

 where every year we train new trees by means of slips, 

 suckers, shoots, and heaping up. We have had orders 

 to plan and lay out several gardens in Kiel and 

 Holtenau. 



"Now and then visits are arranged to the various 

 nurseries, market gardens, private gardens of importance, 

 or the Botanical Gardens at Kiel, so as to give the pupils 

 opportunity of seeing other plants and other ways of 

 arranging and growing. 



" Our scientific course comprises : — ^Botany, chemistry, 

 mineralogy (taught by a University man), drawing (by 

 the municipal head-gardener). Drawing includes : Geo- 

 metrical problems, drawing plans of small and large gardens, 

 then designs of pupils' own making ; correct calculation 

 of expenses, and working plans in detail. 



" Land surveying and levelhng are first taught theoreti- 

 cally, then practically. Much importance is attached to 



