The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

dents may ALSO. II they wish take
extra classes in general gardening,
vegetable growing. tree pruning, grass
cutting and care and repair of
machines. garden carpentry and In
fruit and vegetable drying.
The theoretical side of the training
includes lectures on the various herbs.
their culture, time and mode of gath
ering, drying and marketing. together
with full information as to current
prices. demands and market reports.
For individual study an excellent
library OF ancient and modern herbal
lore, gardening and medicinal SUBJ
jects is at the disposal of students.
who are trained, moreover, to collect
information from different authorities
regarding particular herbs. also issue
pamphlets giving comprehensive and
authoritative information on the his
tory. cultivation and uses of each
plant employed incidentally, or in COM
merce. with directions for gathering.
drying and marketing. These leaflets
are OF special value for the student
and grower. as each subject is treated
80 fully and in a manner that would
hardly be possible in a book dealing
generally with the subject.
In short, no effort is spared to
make the students training complete
in every way. More workers are. how
ever, wanted. especially n large number
who are prepared to take up the mat
ter very seriously and fit themselves
by a long and earnest training to
become so thoroughly efficient that
they can take head posts and be able
| to assist the Government in its edu-
cative work Of the masses and also
| take an energetic share in the neces-
sary trade policy OF raising a big
growing stock, so that when war
ceases there may be bountiful sup
plies In the country and all need will
have ceased for importing such vege-
table drugs from abroad that we can
grow ourselves. This Is a. vital point.
f., We must grow and grow and go on
| growing, or we shall not produce
enough stock TO meet our needs, and
the foreign and often inferior ma
terial will again find its market here.
But to attain this end we must have
more growers and above all more
| iuiS sTOWeIo.
have given my energy and my
means unstintingly in this cause. but
have now got to a point where to
further this enterprise to its fullest
capacity I ought to have more capital
to pay competent assistants than am
able, unaided, to earn. Should any
man or woman come over and help
with their hands, their purses and
their brains they would be fulfilling
a grand patriotic duty real war
note of success: without It this I'M
| dertaklng has small chance of being
erected ON q solid rock foundation and
to outlive us many years after we
have gone beyond. But help is needed
to foot the advertisement bills.
! A profitable business could also be
made out of a suitable. much needed
hostelry for the students. a residential
place close by. with a restaurant din
ing hall. run on unusual lines in this
country, with bedrooms to meet the
purses of all students. the food and
luXuries to be separately priced. sc
that it would be possible for each stu
dent to live according to her means
be they ample or scanty. This resi-
dental hotel or hostel. IL put up now
would be an assured success, for not
only would it be haven for the stu
dents and their friends. but also for
those who flock into this district in
times OF air raids. Buckinghamshire
having become as much refuge then
to many terror-stricken Londoners as
1t was in the days OF the great plague
when Milton sought safety in the
neighboring little village of Chalfoni
ST. Giles. Even after the war people
would gladly come to It for its own
sake, since this is one OF the nearest
country places to London. where
beauty. interest and health are TO be
found combined. An American citizen
who wished to find an opening that
would give q new interest in life would
find no better object than in taking
up the thread OF this work and back
ing 1t, thus helping the Allied cause
In n very practical manner.
NJ. BRIEvE. II. r. II. s..
The Pioneer and Superwoman Of the
Herb Growing Industry.