CHAPTER XI 



WOMEN GARDENERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA 



There is small doubt that the subject of emigration 

 to South Africa appeals to young Englishwomen, 

 buoyant with youth and hopefulness, ambitious 

 for adventure. A singular fascination exists about 

 that virgin soil, clear air, brilliant sunlight. We 

 know that nurses, teachers, mothers' helps, ser- 

 vants are needed there. Unhesitatingly we recom- 

 mend young women who belong to these professions 

 to go to South Africa. They must thoroughly 

 weigh beforehand the hardship of leaving home, 

 and fully realise the obstacles they will have to 

 overcome in a new country. Having faced these 

 difficulties, they can, hovv^ever, be confident of 

 success, for the refining influence of women is fully 

 appreciated in what are still somewhat uncivilised 

 surroundings. 



" Is this so with lady gardeners, are they likely 

 to prove useful in South Africa ? " This is a 

 question often asked, and still somewhat difficult 

 to answer. Experience of the subject is meagre, 



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