XIV 
Garden Work 
Physiology, the mode of feeding; and Reproduction, the 
method of multiplication. 
C. Chemistry, which tells us of the various foods, 
the state of the soils, the method of treating diseases, 
and how we can rid our plants of their many insect foes. 
D. Bacteriology, because it is by the action of the 
lowly plant organisms— Bacteria — that practically all our 
plant foods in the soil are rendered available for use by 
the plant. It is also by the action of bacteria that our 
waste vegetable matter is changed into the very valuable 
manure — “vegetable mould”. 
E. Entomology, because it is by the action of in- 
numerable insect friends that we obtain our fine crops 
of fruits and seeds so cheaply. It is also by the action 
of many insects that thousands of pounds’ worth of damage 
is done every year to our garden crops. 
F. Meteorology, because the weather plays such an 
important part in th6 welfare of our gardens. By judging 
the weather correctly, we might save many pounds annu- 
ally, by knowing when advantageously to sow r our seeds, 
plant our young plants, and cover the more tender ones, 
which require protection in severe weather. 
Such a curriculum as stated above may to some seem 
appalling. This is not so. If we commence scientific 
training when we start gardening, and proceed step by 
step, the magnitude of the task very soon disappears, and 
by the time we are ready to take our first charge as 
head gardener, we shall be qualified, both practically and 
scientifically, to fill our position with competence. 
To those living in the country, away from the centres 
of learning, such a training may seem a great difficulty. 
