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MODERN GARDENING. 



ARDENING was -probahly one of the firfl 



arts that fiicceeded to tJoat of building hou/es, 

 and naturalîy attended property and individual 

 pojfejjîon. Ciiîinary, and afterwards médici- 

 nal herbs, ivere the objeBs of every head of a 

 family : it became convenient to have^ them within reach, wtth- 

 out feeking them at randoin in ijooods, in meadows, and on 

 mountains, as often as they were njoanted, When the earth 

 ceafed to furnifi fpontaneoujly ail thefe primitive luxuries, 

 and culture became requjfite, feparate inclofures for rearing 

 herbs grew expédient. Fruits were in the famé predtcament, 

 and thofe mojl in ufe or that demand attention, muji hâve 

 entered into and extended the '^do7neftic inclofure, The good 

 man Noah, we are told, planted a vineyard, drank of the 

 wine, and was drunlen, and every body knows the confe- 

 quences, Thus we acquired kitchen-gardens, orchards, and 



A 2 *vineyards* 



