Products and Resources of Nyasaland 



mental garden. In the same garden some plants 

 of true ginger are being propagated. Ginger of a 

 sort had been grown for some time, but it was found 

 not to be the true kind. 



In private gardens all sorts of fruit trees do 

 w^ell : pine apples are prolific ; mangoes, peach, 

 cherry and plum trees have been tried and are 

 making good promise. 



Climate and Health. 



Nyasaland has practically two climates. In the 

 low country, the valley of the Shire and Lake 

 Nyasa, the climate is warm and damp. Just before 

 the rains break the temperature may rise to 120° 

 in the shade. In the highlands the maximum 

 heat is from 96° to 97° during the hottest months, 

 while in the cold season the minimum would be 

 about 40°. The temperature of the high plateau 

 in the early morning often falls below freezing 

 point. 



When we passed through — August to the 

 middle of October — it was the driest season of the 

 year. The rainy season commences with the small 

 rains about the end of November and finishes at 

 the end of March, the heaviest rainfall being during 

 January and February. It is absolutely necessary 

 for Europeans to be well housed during the wet 

 season, and not attempt to live in huts, for that would 

 mean courting fever. Malaria is pretty prevalent, 

 sometimes taking the dangerous form known as 

 " blackwater." 



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