. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mabcb 80, 1022 The Florists^ Review 59. l??^ll?^JIJ^J^J?JlJ?JCl^J^JooCTJ^TO TEACHING HORTICULTURE QaESZS2S2SE525252S252SaS2S25252S2Sasa5HS25ffi2S252S25E5aS252S2SHSH5ffiH525HSH525252S2^^ TRAININa LOVE FOR FLOWERS, How Others Do It. Slowly and surely a taste is develop- ing in America for plants and flowers, a love for horticulture. I have seen great changes in the twenty-five years I have been coming to this country, I think, gentlemen, that it is our duty to fur- ther and to foster the love for plants here. We must have something in the future to w
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mabcb 80, 1022 The Florists^ Review 59. l??^ll?^JIJ^J^J?JlJ?JCl^J^JooCTJ^TO TEACHING HORTICULTURE QaESZS2S2SE525252S252SaS2S25252S2Sasa5HS25ffi2S252S25E5aS252S2SHSH5ffiH525HSH525252S2^^ TRAININa LOVE FOR FLOWERS, How Others Do It. Slowly and surely a taste is develop- ing in America for plants and flowers, a love for horticulture. I have seen great changes in the twenty-five years I have been coming to this country, I think, gentlemen, that it is our duty to fur- ther and to foster the love for plants here. We must have something in the future to which to devote our time. More and more the people are working fewer hours. We must try to give them something other than a desire to attend the movies and to speed along the roads at the rate of fifty miles an hour. This can only be done by educating them to love plants. Allow me to point out to you what other countries are doing, in order to give the necessary horticul- tural instruction and education. Nat- urally, I am speaking about Holland, the country with which I am most ac- quainted. In the first place, there is elementary horticultural training in the winter courses, for which the state gives a subsidy. Each course extends over two winter semesters. The teaching is done by the state school teachers, who have acquired the necessary qualifications; qualified practical gardeners are also employed to do the teaching. Students may enter every two years and must not be under 15 years of age. The course comprises: The elements of nat- ural science, including plant diseases and pests; manures, soils, treatment and improvement of the ground; fruit culture, vegetable and flower culture, arboriculture and horticultural draw- ing. On a Wide Scale. As far as possible, the instruction is adapted to the requirements of the par- ticular kind of gardening in the loca- tion. In 1914 there were 132 winter courses in the country and there were twelve horticultural teachers appointed by the
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