[ 362 ] 



from weeds, all of which are attainable by the use of hand- 

 tools and at a great cost. By judicious crossing and 

 hybridizing, by the use of Ichthimic guano and Jadoo-fibre, 

 by budding and grafting, the gardener attains exceptional 

 results at a great cost ; and yet gardening pays, near large 

 and rich towns, where there are always people who are ready 

 to pay a guinea for a hot-house fine pineapple, where farm- 

 grown pineapples sell at a shilling a piece, where the value 

 of articles is not judged from quantity and intrinsic merit in 

 the shape of nourishment, but from bloom, flavour, look and 

 size. The gardener does not, as a rule, trouble himself 

 with rotation nor does the planter, but the latter growing only 

 one crop has no choice in the matter, while the former usually 

 grows for too many things i-n small patches on land for which he 

 pays a very high rent, to be able to choose a definite course 

 of rotation, or to adopt the methods in general use in farms. 

 Then there are various kinds of gardens. In tea-gardens, 

 though garden-tools (spades, rakes, forks &c.,) are in use, 

 the one-crop system makes them partake of the nature of 

 plantations. Then there are gardens which are laid out 

 once for all, such as flower-gardens and orchards, and also 

 tea gardens ; while market-gardens have to be laid out at 

 least twice a year. A garden, which contains mainly per- 

 ennial plants, and which is once laid out at a great initial 

 cost, does not cost any more keeping up than a farm. One 

 labourer can look after 2 to 3 acres of garden land as of 

 farm land. But market-gardening costs a great deal more 

 in labour. Even one labourer per acre is not sufficient for 

 every kind of market-gardening, though a mixed garden, 

 where English vegetables, sugarcane, green maize &c., are 

 grown, can be worked with one labourer per acre, if some 

 farm appliances and bullocks are kept. In planting and 

 farming, animal and other powers are utilised as much 

 as possible, while in gardening hand-power is the main 

 stay. 



