THE LADY GARDENER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 225, 16 June 1908, Page 5

THE LADY GARDENER.

, Lord "ffolseloy's' daughter, who is well known as the principal of the Glynde School for Lady Gardeners in Susses, has published a handy volume on "Gardening for Women," v/hich is reviewed by" the London "Graphic." She believes that in gardening there is a subject which appeals to all, and "serves to melt the barrier of icy resorvo and'shyness behind which we English remain frozen. A littlo chat 1 over the garden wall in the cool of the evening about the luxuriant growth of the peas, the beauty of Madonna lilies gleaming white against tho dark timber of the cottage, or the special size of this year's roses,'will often malce a lasting friendship . . . Truo gardening gives scope for much sympathy and fettling."- •/, Fine art gardening is a thing which many, find, among the foremost, Miss' Wolseley herself, are anxious to develop in England, and to do that head gardeners of cultivated taste are needed. There is a demand for them in tho Colonies and in the schools at Home. Miss Wolsclcy's trained lady gardeners do not wish' to supplant or oven compelo with able men-gardeners; they desire to assist by lending intelligence and refinement, and "to compensate for their lack of physical strength by equally important and softer womanly qualities." Miss \Yolsolcy writes her book, with the object of' showing .what is required of lady - gardeners, and' what would be gained by sippointing them to supplement the good work . which men are doing for tho cultivation of our lai:* 1