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iii. rural husbandry.

In the vicinity of the larger towns, particularly Stockholm, Gothenburg,
Malmö, Norrköping, Lund, Sundsvall, very large blocks of greenhouses have been
erected during the last few years. In certain places, such as, for instance, at
Rid-dersvik near Stockholm, a large number of market-gardeners have settled; they
carry on mainly floriculture under glass. Many of these floriculturalists have
worked for several years in German, Belgian, or English market-gardens.

There are only a small number of public greenhouse establishments. The
big and well-kept greenhouse establishment of the Trädgårdsförening at
Gothenburg is considered to be one of the very best of its kind that any country can
boast of.

Vegetable-growing is carried on all over the country both for household
requirements and for sale. The largest kitchen gardens are found in the
vicinity of Landskrona, Linköping, Norrköping and Enköping.

The public plantations of Sweden, can stand comparison with those of any
other country. In all the larger Swedish towns there are public parks with
flower plantations, usually extremely well kept, and often very expensive. In
this respect the lead is taken by Stockholm, whose plantations have attracted
deserved notice from strangers and foreigners. In 1913 the plantations of
Stockholm cost 251 775 kronor. There are also celebrated public plantations in
Gothenburg, Malmö, Gävle and Norrköping. The last-named town possesses
the longest avenue of limes that any European town can boast of.

Neat and well-kept plantations have also been laid out at the railway stations.

Educational establishments for gardeners are found at Alnarp in Skåne,
Adelsnäs in Östergötland, Experimentalfältet at Stockholm, and Härnösand in
Norrland. The School at Alnarp is managed by the State, while that at
Experimentalfältet belongs to the Academy of Agriculture. The two other
establishments are private schools, but are subsidized by the State. All these
schools have a two years’ course. In order to obtain admission to any of these
establishments, it is necessary to have had three years’ practice in gardening.
Instruction in gardening is also imparted at the Bergianska trädgården at
Stockholm, though not to the same extent as in the other gardening schools. There
are gardening schools intended exclusively for women at Espenäs in Närke and
at Torshäll in Dalarne. Female pupils are, however, also admitted at Alnarp,
Adelsnäs and Härnösand.

Four Government bursaries of 1 200 kronor each are awarded annually to
persons who have passed through a State-aided gardening school and who
desire to acquire abroad further training in gardening.

Gardeners’ Unions are pretty numerous. The most important are Sveriges
pomo-logiska förening, Sveriges handelsträdgårdsmästareförbund, Svenska
trädskole-föreningen and Sveriges allmänna trädgårdsförbund, all of them embracing the
whole ■ country. There are, besides, local associations in all parts of Sweden.
The most important. of these are Stockholms gartnersällskap at Stockholm,
Hortikulturens vänner and Västra Sveriges trädgårdsmannasällskap at
Gothenburg, and Skånska trädgårdsföreningen at Malmö.

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