210 GARDENING FOR WOMEN 



A notable thesis of late years is that by Mrs. Clements, 

 of the University of Nebraska. 



Popular attention is turned increasingly to outdoor 

 life and to living on the land, and the demand for horti- 

 cultural schools will continue and ensure their establish- 

 ment. 



An expert tells me there is a wide field for women in 

 horticulture in America. Positions as teachers, lecturers, 

 gardeners in private gardens, consulting gardeners in 

 suburban districts, market gardeners, fruit and nut growers, 

 poultry and bee keepers are open. The only difficulty is 

 that the right people are not at hand to fill them. The 

 oversight of school gardens and of vacant lot cultivation 

 in the great cities are openings appealing especially to 

 women. Already there are some successful landscape 

 gardeners. Miss Beatrice Jones, of New York City, and 

 Miss Elizabeth Lee, of Philadelphia, are well known in 

 his branch. 



NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL 

 UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK 



HOETICULTURE 



The equipment is divided into two parts — that which 

 is associated with the class-room and laboratories in the 

 second and basement floors of the main agricultural 

 building, and that connected with the forcing-houses and 

 grounds surrounding them. 



1. Class rooms and laboratories. — ^The teaching activities 

 are centred mainly in the headquarters of the department, 

 located on the second floor of the main building in the 



