November 7, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
Edinburgh School of Gardening 
for Women. 
1 Soane years ago a school of gardening was 
ptablislied at Inveresk, near Edinburgh, by 
liss Barker and Miss Mori son, diplomees of 
wanley Horticultural College and certifi- 
|itod gardeners, Royal Botanic Garden, 
dinburgh. A new garden, under the title 
; the Edinburgh School of Gardening for 
t'omen, was opened on the 23rd ult. by 
10 Countess of Aberdeen in the presence of 
large assemblage, consisting for the most 
art of ladies. The object of the school is to> 
repare women for the various branches of 
tactical gardening, and to fit them toi take 
large of a market garden or private establi¬ 
shment. They also instruct women in 
gardening merely for their own. private in¬ 
terests. The instruction includes the rais¬ 
ing of plants from seeds or otherwise, and 
growing them until they are fit to be packed 
for the market. Tomato®, Cucumbers, and 
flowers are also grown under glass. Tb fit 
the women as private gardeners there are 
also a vinery, Peach house, Mushroom house, 
kitchen garden, Rose garden, and herbaceous 
border. Digging, hoeing, sowing seeds, pro¬ 
pagation, pruning, gathering, and picking, 
all form part of the instruction. Other 
lighter occupations, such as bee-keeping, 
floral decoration, table decoration, and 
similar subjects, form part of the curriculum 
which extends over two years. In order to 
get theoretical instruction, the students 
attend certain science classes of the Heriot- 
Watt College. Besides the Countess of 
Aberdeen, many important personages were 
present, including Professor Bayley Balfour 
and Mr. J. W. McHattie, the city gardener. 
The Chairman remarked that the lady prin¬ 
cipals commenced in a very modest way 
when they took a piece of ground at In- 
veresk for a school of gardening, but their 
success had now led them to take a. larger 
piece of ground at Corstorphine. Lady 
Aberdeen said that they ought to bei grateful 
to> the two ladies for drawing the attention 
of the people of Scotland to an opening for 
women workers in these days, when women 
were being trained for some definite pro¬ 
fession. Many of them were not attracted 
to the learned professions on account, of the 
confinement of indoor work, but. that did 
not apply to gardening. Some objections 
were taken to women as gardeners, but that 
applied to every other innovation. They 
were told that women could not dig any 
more than they could hit nails on, the head. 
She pointed out, however, that it was not 
necessary for women gardeners to do' all the 
hard digging, as there was room in the 
profession, and a demand for education, cul¬ 
ture', and brains, as well as bands, if success 
was to be attained. She concluded by de¬ 
claring this school of gardening open. 
Public Park, Brechin- 
The Public Park, Brechin, N.B., was 
originally opened in 1867 by the then Lord 
Dalhousie. A small legacy had been left toi 
the town, and the council resolved that this 
should go towards 1 providing a place of re¬ 
creation for the citizens. The donation was; 
augmented by the town and also by subscrip¬ 
tions, until a spacious, park was procured and 
nicely laid out. This park, however, in time 
proved to©' email for the inhabitants, and it, 
was more Than doubled in 1897 by way of a, 
local memorial of Queen Victoria’s' Diamond 
Jubilee. A lake was added to the features 
of thei park, together with flower borders, 
shrubberies, and pleasant walks. Last year, 
Robert Duke', Esq., Bearekill, gave 1 a sum of 
£500 to lay out in a, fitting manner the recent 
addition to the park. This included a hand¬ 
some fountain, which has now been com¬ 
pleted. The inauguration ceremony was 
carried out the other week in the presence of 
Robert Duke, Esq., and a large concourse of 
citizens. 
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Gardening in Tree Tops, 
An ingenious amateur of an inventive turn 
of mind, it would seem, has conceived the idea 
of growing various' flowers- in the trunks and 
head of trees. It seems that his garden 
contained little space for flower-growing, 
being largely occupied with trees, chiefly pol¬ 
larded Willows. Many of these trees had 
crevices and hollows between the branches, 
and these were filled with soil and planted 
with Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums and Nastur¬ 
tiums;. These plants made excellent' growth, 
climbing up the branches, and dropping down, 
the trunks of the trees', making beautiful 
patches of colour. It is quite possible where 
old pollarded Willows exist to utilise them 
for the cultivation of a great variety of plants 
that are found suitable for wall gardening. 
For instance, Wallflowers, Snapdragons, 
various species of Toad-flax, Sedurns, Arabia 
and many other garden flowers could be got, 
together for this kind of gardening. No 
matter what kind of trees might be employed, 
if the hollows and crevices, were filled with 
soil they would support, and bring to perfec¬ 
tion various kinds of hardy flowers of an 
ornamental character. Linder this sort, of 
treatment the trees might not last so long 
as they otherwise would, but. Willows being 
generally adapted for this sort of treatment, 
could be made to stand for many years by 
frequently cutting off the tops to prevent the 
trunks from being torn down during gales of 
wind. 
Bombay Mangoes. 
For many years past small consignments 
of Mangoes have reached this count,ly and] 
made their appearance in Covent Garden. 
These were oval, of moderate size, and not, 
very highly coloured a,s far as the exterior 
was concerned. There is now some prospect 
that the Bombay Mango will be brought to 
this country in considerable quantity, as the 
facilities for transit have been greatly im¬ 
proved. It, is said that there are no better 
Mangoes than those grown at Bombay. The 
fruit varies in size and shape, colour and 
flavour, the finest of them ranging from 3 in. 
to 4 in. in length. It is said that the 
majority of the best Indian Mangoes average 
4 in. in length, some being as large as the 
egg of a goose, while particularly large fruits 
would weigh 2 lb. At first the skin is green, 
but ultimately turns to red or orange colour. 
The interior of the fruit consists of a rich 
sugary pulp, enclosing a large flattened stone 
to which the flesh clings by means of fibres 
resembling those of a clingstone Peach. 
