GARDENING FOR WOMEN 251 



Persons folloxoing 

 Agricultural Pursuits. 



Employers 

 of Labour. 



In Business on 

 their own 

 account, but 

 not employing 

 labour. 



Receiving 

 Salary or 

 Wages. 



Relatives 

 assisting. 



Market Gardeners 

 Fruit Growers ) 



Hop, Cotton, Tea, 1 

 Coffee Grower J 

 Tobacco Grower 

 Vine Grower! 

 Vigneron j 

 Horticulturist 



Males 



859 

 493 



10 

 10 

 174 

 237 



F'm'es 



19 

 44 



2 



18 

 7 



Males 



1,647 



868 



7 

 25 

 72 

 571 



F'm'os 



32 

 91 



8 



17 



Males 



1,518 

 700 



48 

 24 

 1,131 

 2.132 



F'm'es 



9 

 43 



48 



6 

 7 



Males 



576 

 465 



9 

 1 

 86 

 107 



Female 



132 

 172 



2 



39 

 39 



acre of ground, and a five-roomed cottage with 

 various outhouses, etc. The whole cost about 

 £400, and has since increased in value. A tele- 

 phone is attached, and a good many people in 

 Melbourne ring up when they want flowers. These 

 are despatched direct to the buyers by train, the 

 station being only ten minutes' walk from the 

 house. All the flowers are hardy ones. The 

 work is done by a gardener, who comes when 

 wanted, and the rest is done by the lady herself. 

 There has not so far been much profit, as it has 

 only been started two years. As the garden is 

 now well-established, it is supposed it will pay 

 well in August, September, October, and Novem- 

 ber, which are the best months in Melbourne. 



NEW SOUTH WALES 



" We are a young community and also a small 

 one, otherwise we should have had at least a small 

 college for lady gardeners ere now," is the answer 



