THE PHILOSOPHY OF FARMING. 575 
Be the plan ever so perfect for its intended 
purposes, if there be a lack of material, it must 
either remain unfinished, or curtailed in some of 
its dimensions. If more material be at hand than 
is needed, either a quantity must be left unused, 
or the structure must be enlarged, and the 
dimensions increased. To raise a thoroughly 
complete building, then,—a plan, a builder, and 
an adequate supply of material are essential. 
Man thus proceeds to raise up various kinds 
of structures for his accommodation and con- 
venience. 
Every plant of the field which grows there for 
man’s use, and every flower of the garden which 
he cultivates for his amusement and for ornament, 
is a living structure built up of material which it 
collects from the surrounding media of the air, 
and the soil. Lach species, or sort, is modelled 
upon the self-same plan of the Divine architect 
—and the principle of vitality, is the agent, or 
builder employed by Him to construct the fabrick 
and to finish it. Yet, though the plan is the 
same in every individual species, we all know— 
that such individuals bearing the outline and 
semblance of that plan, vary exceedingly in size, 
and proportion of parts. This diversity of 
