In the middle of the grounds is a spacious workshop, which can be warmed.
Some of the glass-houses are for flowers, and others for fruit. They contain many pots with small fruit trees, in full fruit, and peach trees. The whole is under good and practical management. Only six students are at present admitted at a time. Terms are 300 guelders a year.
GOVERNMENT WINTER SCHOOL FOR GARDENING (HORTICULTURE)
AALSMEER, BOSKOOP, NAALDWIJK, TIEL
Practical experiments are also carried out during the summer at Aalsmeer.
Age of Admission.—16.
Requirements.—Knowledge of the Dutch language, of arithmetic, geography, rudiments of German and English. Some idea of gardening (to be given verbally).
Fees.—Fl. 10, for two winter terms. Pupils without means can receive free admission from the Minister of the Interior. The fee for the summer term at Aalsmeer is fl. 25.
Implements or tools.—Cost fl. 9 or fl. 10.
The theoretical instruction comprises physics, chemistry, botany and zoology, all branches of horticulture, the Dutch language, arithmetic, book-keeping, and, if desired, English and German commercial correspondence.