MY GARDENING. 23 
can keep in the air, the ventilation, and the light. 
These secured, you may turn up the books, con- 
sult the authorities, and gradually accumulate the 
knowledge which will enable you to satisfy the 
preferences of each class. So, in good time, you 
may enjoy such a thrill of pleasure as I felt the 
other day when a great pundit was good enough 
to pay me acall. He entered my tiny Odonto- 
glossum house, looked round, looked round again, 
and turned to me. “Sir,” he said, “ we don’t call 
this an amateur’s collection !” 
I have jotted down such hints of my experience 
as may be valuable to others, who, as Juvenal put 
it, own buta single lizard’s run of earth. That 
space is enough to yield endless pleasure, amuse- 
ment, and indeed profit, if a man cultivate it him- 
self. Enthusiast as I am, I would not accept 
another foot of garden.’ 
1 Tt is not inappropriate to record that when these 
articles were published in the Sz, James’ Gazette, the editor 
received several communications warning him that his con- 
tributor was abusing his good faith—to put it in the mild 
French phrase. Happily, my friend was able to reply that 
he could personally vouch for the statements. 
