WOMEN GARDENERS.
(To THE EDITOR OF THE SPROTATOR.1 Sfa,—Your kindly allusion upon two occasions to an article in Macmillan which advocated the teaching of horticulture to women, and your approval of the views therein put forward, embolden me to ask permission to make known through you that it is in contemplation to form an association for the pro- motion of horticulture and minor food industries, in order to the providing of competent instruction in these matters and in the sciences connected with them, so soon as it shall be apparent that a sufficient number of women really desire such instruc- tion, with a view to taking up rural pursuits as a serious busi- ness. What is wanted, in the first instance, is to elicit a general expression of opinion as to the desirability and need of such teaching, and at the same time to attract the attention of those who may be inclined to take part in the inauguration of a, movement in this direction. Your insertion of this letter will therefore much oblige.—I am, Sir, &c., J. CHESNEY.
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