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PART I

GARDENING AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMEN 1

THE TRAINING REQUIRED 7

LANDSCAPE GARDENING 12

JOBBING GARDENING AND FLORAL DECORATION 21

THE TEACHING OF NATURE-STUDY 28

SOME HINTS UPON TAKING UP A POST AS HEAD GARDENER 34

DRESS FOR LADY GARDENERS 54

COTTAGE AND FOOD 64

MARKET GARDENING 70

THE MEDICAL ASPECT OF GARDENING FOR WOMEN 77

WOMEN GARDENERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA 89

ITALIAN POT GARDENS: A SUGGESTION 98

FOR THOSE WHO HESITATE TO EMPLOY LADY GARDENERS 105

PART II

COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS FOR LADY GARDENERS IN GREAT BRITAIN 116

CONTINENTAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 160

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN AMERICA 209

GARDENING AND NATURE-STUDY IN CANADA AND AUSTRALIA 232

TRAINING GROUNDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS 253

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR LADY GARDENERS 273

TO FACE PAGE

The "Walled Garden" at the House of Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley, K.P. 4

Model by Miss A. C. Sewell of a Children's Garden, exhibited at the Whitechapel Country in Town Exhibition 12

The Hanging Gardens, Ratton Park, Sussex 20

A Page from a Boy's "Nature-Study" Sketch Book 30

The Countess Bathurst's Garden, Pinbury, near Cirencester 36

The Yew Tree Avenue, known as "the Nun's Walk," in the Countess Bathurst's Garden, Pinbury, near Cirencester 44

Miss E. Douglas in her Greenhouse at Shedfield Grange, Botley, Hants 48

Miss Hester Perrin at Work in her Brother's Garden at Fortfield House, Terenure, Co. Dublin 54

In the Garden at Fortfield House, Terenure, Co. Dublin 60

In the Garden at Fortfield House, Terenure, Co. Dublin 64

Boxing Bulbs for Forcing at Miss Bateman's Market Garden, Bashley Nursery, New Milton, Hants 74

The Ruins Gardens, Slougham Place, Sussex 86

The Yews at Hutton John, Cumberland 92

An Italian Pot Garden 102

Italian Orange Pots and Oil Jars 104

The Ruins, Ratton Park, Sussex 110

The Cottage, School of Lady Gardeners, Glynde, Sussex 118

Gathering Roses for Pot Pourri, School of Lady Gardeners, Glynde, Sussex 120

"Potting": Students at Work, Reading University 126

At Work in the Vinery, Studley College for Lady Gardeners 136

Preparing the Frames at Studley College for Lady Gardeners 140

Students at the School of Pomology and Horticulture, Marienfelde, near Berlin 166

School for Lady Gardeners, Holtenau, near Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein 188

Students at Hastum School, Norway 200

Students at Work at the Agdatorp School of Gardening, Sweden 202

Students at Work at the Espen?s School for Lady Gardeners, Sweden 206

Avenue leading to "Lowthorpe," Croton, Massachusetts, Mrs. Low's School for Lady Gardeners 220

Southern Entrance to "Lowthorpe," Croton, Massachusetts, Mrs. Low's School for Lady Gardeners 222

The Marchioness of Sligo's Garden, Mount Browne, near Guildford 252

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