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as "nature-study," etc., are taught in tlie public schools 

 by teachers of other subjects, and in the private schools 

 (which, though the wealthier parents send their children 

 to them, are generally inferior from a pedagogical point of 

 view to the public or free schools) nature-study is very 

 little attended to. 



A career for women that might offer inducements to 

 some is that of " orchardist," which in Nova Scotia especi- 

 ally pays well, and is in many ways agreeable. I know of 

 many married women who assist their husbands in the 

 apple orchards, and at least one, a widow, I think, who 

 owns and manages a large orchard with great success ; 

 and there are probably many others. Of course, capital 

 is required, and some knowledge of local conditions. 



4. In regard to opportunities for the education of lady 

 gardeners, I may say that in all agricultural and other 

 colleges supported by public money women are received 

 and taught on precisely the same terms as men. This 

 includes the Agricultural College at Truro, Nova Scotia, 

 Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, Prince Edward 

 Island (which has agricultural courses), the Agricultural 

 College at Guelph, Ontario, and the Macdonald College at St. 

 Anne, Bellevue, Quebec. The latter is said to be the most 

 advanced and well-equipped institution of its kind in 

 America. 



THE MACDONALD SCHOOL GARDENS 



The following information relative to the School 

 Garden movement is taken from a paper written 

 by Mr. R. H. Cowley, and originally published in 

 the Queen's Quarterly, 



