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small for a gardener, and are worked by a labourer, who 

 knows but little about the cultivation of flowers. It is 

 hoped that the school training will enable these young 

 ladies to manage and cultivate their home gardens. It is 

 considered, in Holland, that the time for ladies to earn a 

 living by gardening has not yet arrived 



Both practical and theoretical work is taught, but the 

 former is considered the most advantageous. If the 

 students know how to do the work themselves, they can 

 show their workmen. At the same time theory will help 

 them to understand the why and wherefore of operations. 

 On three mornings a week, from 9 to 12, theory is taught. 

 The rest of the time is for practical work. A lecture 

 hall is attached to the school ; there is also a 

 special laboratory, which students are only allowed to 

 use under the supervision of those who understand 

 chemistry. 



A coffee room is provided for students who live too 

 far away to return home for dinner. There is also a 

 dressing-room, and from here a door opens into the one 

 acre of flower garden and arboretum, which is surrounded 

 by frames and glasshouses. 



In the middle of the grounds is a spacious workshop, 

 which can be warmed. 



Some of the glasshouses are for flowers, and others for 

 fruit. They contain many pots with small fruit trees, in 

 full fruit, and peach trees. The whole is under good and 

 practical management. Only six students are at 

 present admitted at a time. Terms are 300 guelders a 

 year. 



