306 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Theory. Practice. 
Methods of Reproduction — continued. 
Theory of operations. Garden operations. 
Danger of watering. Planting and transplanting. 
Advantages of watering. Experiments. 
Care of fruit-trees. Winter and summer culture. 
Pruning. Experiments in right and wrong 
Proper methods of gathering and methods, 
packing fruit. 
Principles of the preservation of Practice in jam-making, jellies, 
fruit. Bottling fruit. 
Knowledge of garden enemies and Discrimination between enemies and 
friends. friends. 
Knowledge of simple insecticides Early use of remedies. 
and fungicides. 
General Method. 
Records of weight and measurement to be kept. Improvement 
in crop and type. 
Effect. — Deduction of laws regulating health and growth of plant 
life through comparison. 
If any crop in the district shows marked success or failure, the 
pupils should be encouraged to form and prove — as far as possible — 
hypotheses as to the cause of the special results noted. 
Friendly rivalry between the boys and their fathers and mothers 
may be encouraged, by allowing pupils to take home a part of their 
seed. Note to be taken of the variation in results (if any), and 
inquiry made as to how far such has been caused by (a) variation in 
soil, (b) aspect of garden, (c) methods of cultivation. 
A course of instruction in gardening for girls is advisable for the 
following reasons : — 
1. In a small-holding much light gardening work can be done by 
women, so as to free the men for more strenuous labour and thus 
lighten the working expenses. 
2. Experience has proved that few emigrants have time to devote 
to the raising of vegetables. When the wife or sister understands the 
principles of horticulture, common vegetables can be raised on a 
colonial homestead without encroaching on the time of the stock- 
man or wheat-farmer. 
3. Gardening in its lighter forms can be profitably pursued by 
girls, and a substantial increase made to income by growing salad 
plants, flowers for market. 
4. Where a small plot is available for bush-fruit, instruction can 
be given in packing fruit for transit ; and the principles of jam-making, 
and the preservation of fruit by bottling, could be taught. 
Correlation of Subjects. 
Arithmetic. — Problems dealing with proportion of sugar to fruit, 
average time, cost, &c. 
Market price of flowers, vegetables. 
Return minus commission. 
