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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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