The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-05-04
GARDENING AS
DONE BY WOriEN.

Tho neyv woman found for herself most
conpeni;. and charming employment re-
Gently IN Cultivating a truck o. ho"tt "a"
dep inst as her individual tastes lhchHe u
utility or beauty. IL
The money making possibilities III I"''
ing vioIets for the city trade gave 'he -.
in.retus 70 this feminine farming VIM"
- ~, ca strony that one woman mas
fo,,rd IL worth her while to ut herself lor
no duties of laying out grounds ana gar
d.ns in a professional way. 1ier ehS"s'c
rnents for landscape Improvements We,
This wear all made, and the WORK ~ ~
train long before the February SHOWS W.
off the ground and her most Vaiueu Pa
irons are women, who, for the money anu
'Gt ~ ror Measure purely, are going IN
,icorouslv and earnestly for hover anu
A smartly Dressed Gardener.
.N-a,uratlv enough" said this expert
blowers are the chief attraction anu
vas Mrs Edward Leavltt, a southern W.
npn. possessing a shrewd head lor p"9'
moss for all that, who first ShoN.u HSi -
that flowers are meant Tor SoihetiiiiiS ,"'i
thon TO wear and spend money on. she Is
no bood inst now of the most perfect ana
econtifcallv arranged gardens Know nav
inc Given uD the most fertlle acres Oh Il'l
Connections farm to the CULTIVATION vi uu'
tbrcc sorts Of blossoms. VOICES car ia
tions and roses are her speclaiieS' "iiN
booutv is everywhere sacrificed 10 hllh'N'
TO ugly glas; house, cold frames anu nus
SQUARE beds that are the nurseries u 'ii'''
sands of little plants
,rris is n garden run solely for the money
that is in it, and 1t is safe TO say that lh's
lodv clears q comfortable income from me-
,vinter's sales Of flowers alone. OhdPi az
most miles of glass she boasts OF raising
violets as big as silver dollars ana carha-
tions the size of roses. WIN the true "edi
~ no nracticai grower, she is up otten at
.a,oci, in the morning to see the blossoms
4,orc1 studics fertilizers and plant dis
aasos with deep enthusiasm, and believes
tbat rext after human beings mowers are
tho most interesting OF crealiohS. but u
ie only the flowers raised on Sclen'Hlc p'lh-
ciples and abnormal in size that she cares
for. and walking over heF Piupe''S '''0
would never take Mrs. LeaNitt ior an up
to-doto enthusiast In her green aouses
-, ,.o,rs the daintiest of little fowered
ho,rets. a dotted veil. smart tallor trocN
and immaculate gloves In her employ ere
exnert worllmen who do eVery,hihG tiuei
her direction and literally she p,I'.s
she could conduct Horticulture as Won Moi'Ne
aid his battles. by telegraph
uses the Tools Herself.
,, very different type of gar lener
- Mrs George Stanton Floyd-Jones, OF
Long Island, who a few years ago TOOK
charge of the old colonial gardens 'yinS
about her husbands house, with 'lew 70
making them pay. She has never aao"Gu
modern innovations to destroy the old-fash-
toned charm of this flowery domain and by
taking a series of lessons from a capable
old German, she has learned DOT only how
the earth should he prepared Tor violet set
tir cs but with set of good rakes hoes
ond sbovols can turn i'm and with her own
fair hands ma Ike a barren bed blossom like
n rose She understands the art of prun-
ing making cuttings, reporting ana fertll-
izing and for the sake of looking atter her
flowers prcfers to spend her winters IN the
country.
In connection with violet and rose grow
ing, Mrs Floyd-Jones raises for market
sales the finest strawberrles, raSpDerrles'
currants and melons. They are as beauti-
full and decorative in a garden, she says,
as flowers themselves, and almost as
profitable at market sales and like Mrs.
Charles Netmore. another Long island
gardener, Mrs. Floyd-Jones always wears