72 GAEDENING FOE WOMEN 



garden. It is gloomy to foretell such things, but 

 mistakes are sure to happen, and from experience 

 comes knowledge. To lose one's own money 

 hurts more than to see others lose. 



Should the intending market gardener be a 

 free agent, and able to select any part of England 

 for her garden, there are two important matters 

 for her to weigh. Where will be the best market, 

 and what land has the most plentiful supply of 

 water ? Probably for the first venture the neigh- 

 bourhood of a large seaside town, a watering- 

 place or golf links, will be a safer market than 

 London, which is so large and well supplied. It 

 should be ascertained who the most likely cus- 

 tomers will be — schools, boarding-houses, private 

 families, etc., and the garden should be adapted 

 to supply their wants. 



Many are the ways of arrangmg work in a 

 market garden. A lady of ample means can afford 

 to keep an experienced foreman, a large staff, and 

 horses and vans. By paying the head man so much 

 per cent, upon the sale of produce, his interest in 

 the concern will be kept alive. In this case a thor- 

 oughly dependable and honest man is necessary. 

 Should more scope for energy be needed it will 

 be advisable for the principal to do the secretarial 

 work, decide the rotation of crops, conduct the 

 sale transactions, as well as attend to the social 



