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Garden, when an occasional gleam of sunshine will invite even 

 the invalid to brave the rigours of the season. 





This naturally leads me to observe how many joys and com- 

 forts and luxuries may be preserved, beyond that period of life, 

 when youth and health require no special indulgencies. Having 



long dedicated th 





active part of my profes 



career to 



increasing the enjoyment of Rural scenery for others, 



fi rarities 



ave lately taught 



in 



how the sol 



o 



my own 

 Garden 



scenery 



and Garden delights may be extended a little faith 



when the power of walking fails, and when it is no longer pos 



ble for decrepid age to reach the ground, to gather fruit 



or 



smell 



to pluck an 



grow near the earth. 



an 



admire those humble flowers which 



The loss of locomotion may be supplied by the Bath chair 



; but if these are to grind along a gravel-walk, the 



with wheels; 



shaking and rattling soon become intolerable to an invalid 



j 



an 



therefore glad 



of 



ne mown 



turf 



broad verges of grass 



should be provided, as means of avoiding the gravel; and such 



communications may be so mad 



to 



the inte 



* 



rest of the scenery, by varying its features ; for although a gra- 

 vel-walk must have its two sides parallel, or nearly so, yet a 

 grass- walk should never be of any uniform breadth ; it should 



rath 



er vary in its outline, sometimes fl 



o 



anion n shrub 



h 



sometimes under ti 



as in 



th 



e 



ch 



er 



l u 



er 



shade of an open 



grove ; and sometimes in one ample green mall or terrace, com- 





manding a distant prospect, a pleasing landscape, or even 



curious though conlined combination of rare exotic trees 



J 



ithi 



witnm 







