92 GAEDENING FOR WOMEN 



for posts on fruit farms, dairy farms, and private 

 gardens in South Africa. This training at home, 

 excellent as it is, must, however, be supplemented 

 by apprenticeship in the colony itself. The diffi- 

 culties of a foreign land cannot be grasped in 

 England. A college for lady gardeners in South 

 Africa itself is what is really needed, and no doubt 

 in time it will be started. Meanwhile, until it is 

 in existence, it is necessary for those who con- 

 template going as gardeners to the colonies to 

 learn as much as possible at home. A two years' 

 course should be taken in fruit-growing, packing, 

 jam-making, bee-keeping, etc. These subjects, if 

 thoroughly understood in our climate, will present 

 fewer difficulties, and will be easier to deal with 

 in new surroundings. An application to Mrs. 

 Hopkinson, chairwoman of the South African 

 Colonisation Society's Agricultural Committee, and 

 of the colonial branch of the Horticultural College, 

 Swanley, will secure all necessary information. 

 The South African Colonisation Society offers ad- 

 vice as to climate conditions. It is also constantly 

 looking out for possible openings in South Africa, 

 where experience of soil, climate and cultivation 

 can be acquired. 



However successful one may be in out-of-door 

 pursuits in England, the knowledge will still be 

 inadequate in the colonies. The chance of success 



