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THE GARDENING WORLD 
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or Nasturtiums are employed, the box will be bright 
and beautiful. Rich red varieties of the Tom 
Thumb strain should form the edge, though some of 
the taller kinds may be allowed to trail over the 
edge, and others chiefly with light yellow flowers 
should be trained upward to strings at the back. 
PARSLEY FOR WINTER. 
The gardener, in the first place, and the cook next, 
know the value of fresh Parsley in the winter. The 
latter understands its value, because it is a thing she 
cannot well do wiihout, and much care is needed on 
her part to make small quantities spin out a long 
way. The gardener has the value of winter Parsley 
well impressed upon him, because it must be forthcom¬ 
ing, and during these wet days with their frosty nights 
doesn't the Parsley slide away ? The thing to do in 
the meantime is to'sowor transplant as many rows as 
possible in all sheltered borders and corners. 
Parsley likes a well-drained garden soil. It may 
do well in the warm days of summer on a heavy 
loam, but winter Parsley should have a warmer 
CHERTSEY SCHOOL OF HANDI¬ 
CRAFTS. 
Chertsey is a pretty little township with many 
quaint old fashioned tenements, and is situated in 
the Valley of the Thames some twenty miles west¬ 
ward from London. It occupies a position in the 
north-west corner of fertile and fruitful Surrey, and 
is not far from the south-west extremity of the 
neighbouring county of Middlesex. The countryside 
around for miles is a blend of the picturesque and 
the beautiful, the characters of which, according to 
landscape gardening art, are named as consisting of 
smoothness, softness, gradual variation of the land 
surface, with the effective interspersion of meadow 
land, rivers, undulated surface and belts of wood¬ 
land. And it was through this interesting district to 
Chertsey that we travelled on an early August day, 
favoured with a clear blue sky, sunshine and breezes. 
The splendid day was the more appreciated after 
the hurricanes and rains of the week preceding. 
All along the route crops were fresh and satisfactory. 
The beauty of the Potato fields in full flower, which 
out into the world as respectable wage earners. 
For this purpose the present freehold premises were 
secured by the munificence of the founder, so that 
the institution is free from all liability for rent, but 
the number of boys that can be benefited by the 
training of the School depends upon the amount of 
support which the efforts of the founder meets with. 
It is, at the same time, self-supporting so far as 
possible. At present there are one hundred boys in 
the School. 
The building, over which we were kindly shown 
by the matron, contains a splendid new schoolroom, 
built in memory of the founder and in accordance 
with the latest Government requirements. 
In the school there are small geological, botanical, 
ornithological and entomological collections from 
which the boys receive a practical tuition in natural 
history. Under the direction of an able school¬ 
master they also gain a knowledge of the three 
“R.'s” and other subjects. The dormitories are all 
as prim, as orderly, and as clean as a hospital ward. 
The boys have convenient lavatories, baths, with hot 
and cold water,and each one has his towel numbered 
The Greenhouse, Chertsey School of Handicrafts. 
soil. If the soil is poor manure it liberally, but a 
fertile soil merely requires deep digging. If there is 
a breadth of young Parsley moving forward now 
from a recent sowing take care of it. If there is not, 
then at once prepare a section of land of a size that 
may be covered by a frame and make a sowing. So 
soon as they germinate run the hoe between the 
lines, and by slight thinning and every other assistance, 
get the batch forward by the second week in October. 
Before that time, say the end of this (September)month, 
place the frame over the bed, or it may require two 
or three frames. The lights need not be put on till the 
frosts appear. Keep all fallen leaves lifted, else if 
these cover the young Parsley plants they will 
deteriorate. During the sharpest weather a few 
mats over the frames will keep the Parsley from 
harm. A few Spruce branches placed between the 
lines of otherwise unprotected crops of this garnish¬ 
ing plant, help to save the stock from frosts, winds or 
snovv. Should the supply unavoidably be running low 
in early spring, have a batch reared indoors in pots.— 
J. H. 
were seen from the railway carriage on either side 
for miles, recalled the similar beautiful effects which 
we had seen years ago, and which then vividly 
impressed us with the splendour of this lavender 
flowered tuberous plant when seen extensively. 
Such a scene goes far to prove that the massing 
system is superior to that of a composite mixture of 
colours. Along this vein of the Thames valley there 
are many old orchards, seemingly once better 
attended to than now. A feature on nearly all of the 
cottages was Grape Vines, which were used to 
cover the walls, and which in nearly every case 
were beating bunches averaging perhaps half, to 
three-quarters of a pound in weight. 
But to the School of Handicrafts, which we seem 
to be long in reaching. 
This hive of industry is within five minutes walk 
from Chertsey Station on the South-Western Rail¬ 
way. It was established by the late Thomas 
Hawksley, M.D., in 1885, to give to boys of good 
character a religious elementary education, combined 
with an industrial training, to enable them to go 
and hung up in position. Each morning so soon as 
they jump out of bed at six o’clock, everyone has to 
make straight for a cold shower bath, after which 
each briskly rubs up a robust circulation. For the 
senior boys there are well-appointed work-shops, 
where carpentry and shoemaking are taught. 
The various trades and subjects taught include the 
two just mentioned, besides gardening, farm and 
dairy work, relief stamping, typewriting and instru¬ 
mental music. The above provides quite a liberal 
education for the young lad preparing to enter the 
work-a-day world, but, indeed, it does not include 
all, for a large part of the weekly washing, baking 
and general cleaning is done by the boys in their 
turns. 
The carpentry shop, from the work we were 
shown, must turn out some very capable apprentices. 
Plans and geometrical drawings, all to scale, are 
made by each young workman,who then proceeds to 
execute his design in a practical manner. Some 
capital dovetailing, morticing and staircase-fitting 
was shown, aDd further to prove that the shop was 
