90 A COLONY IN THE MAKING chap. 



such as roses, carnations, irises, and cannas, flourish 

 in a way unknown in these islands, and in addition 

 many semi-tropical plants, flowering shrubs, and 

 creepers give an added variety. Labour also is so 

 cheap that a beautiful garden is within the reach of 

 everyone. During the two summer seasons in 

 Nairobi the whole of the residential quarters of the 

 town are a blaze of colour, such as the most 

 expensively kept up seat in England could hardly 

 match. 



It is not flowers and shrubs only that do well. 

 Anyone situated near enough to Nairobi, any of the 

 lesser towns, or the railway line, could make a very 

 tidy little income from market gardening, as the 

 demand for fresh fruit and vegetables still very 

 largely exceeds the supply. With a minimum of 

 skill or knowledge, good crops of peas, beans, 

 vegetable marrows, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, 

 asparagus, spinach, etc., can be obtained right through 

 the year. The same applies to fruit, though these 

 do not apparently grow so ubiquitously well and 

 perhaps require rather more expert knowledge. Still, 

 in many parts excellent crops of apples, plums, grapes, 

 peaches, oranges, lemons, limes, loquharts, straw- 

 berries, and wine berries are obtainable. 



I hope that I have shown enough to prove that 

 the keen gardener need never know a dull moment, 

 and, what is more, can actually make her hobby 

 profitable. 



Poultry farming is another branch of the farm 

 which may very well be in charge of a woman. 

 English fowls and English eggs are in great demand, 

 and have risen very considerably in price during 

 the last few years. There is something most satis- 



