SECT. I. GARDENING. § 



all its turbulent paflions at reft. It gives a great infigb. 

 into the contrivance and wifdom of providence; and 

 fuggefts innumerable iubjetts for meditation. 



Mr. Hervey, in his Meditations, on return from a 

 walk, having entered the flower garden, and called it 

 ttiful ipot, fays, ** Here nature always pleafing, 

 every where lovely, appears with peculiar attractions r 

 Yonder me feems drehed in her defliabille ; grand, but 

 irregular. Here me calls in her hand-maid art ,- and 

 mines in all the delicate ornaments, that the niceit 

 cultivation can convey. Thofe are her common apart- 

 ments where fhe lodges her ordinary guefls : This is 

 her cabinet of airic/ities, where fhe entertains her in- 

 timate acquaintance. My eye (hail often expatiate 

 over thofe fcenes of univerf J fertility : My feet fhall 

 fometimes brum through the thicket, or traverfe the 

 lawn, or ilroll along the foreft glade; but to this de- 

 lightful retreat (hall be my chief refort.- — Thither will 

 I make excurfions, but here will I dwell/' 



On the Kitchen Garden Mr. H. cb.erves, " Here 

 thofe celebrated qualities are eminently united, — the 

 utmoft fimplicity with the greateft neat.nefs : none of 

 the productions aifjcl fii^ery. If it be ^leafing to be- 

 hold their orderly fituations, and their model! beauties ; 

 how delightful to confider the advantages thev yield ! 

 What a fund of choice accommodations here ! 'What 

 a fource of wholefome dainties, and all for the enjoy- 

 ment of man ! Not one fpecies of all this is a cum- 

 berer of the ground. Not a (ingle plant but is good 

 for food, or fome way falutary. And with fo bene- 

 ficent an economy are the feveral periods of their 

 minillration fettled, that no portion ol the year is left 

 deftitute of fuch nourifhing efculents as are bell fuited 

 to the temperature of the air, and the ltate of our 

 bodies. — Oh ! why mould the pofleiTor of lo valuable 

 a fpot envy the condition of kings ? Since he may 

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