SECTION I. 



THE PRAISE OF GARDENING. 



IT is of importance to the welfare of any art, tha; 

 thofe whofe tafte inclines towards it, fliould have 

 a good opinion of its utility, and competent notions 

 of its principles. It is therefore the dehgn of the 

 prefent feftion, to mew the degree of ejlitnation that 

 the art of Gardening is worthy of; and it is the object 

 of the next, to aflift in the acquiring that knowledge 

 of Nature, upon which the art fo much depends. 



Not to enlarge upon the profits of gardening, its 

 employments are certainly conducive'to health of body, 

 and peace of mind ; and great indeed are the charms 

 and recreations of a garden well flocked, and well 

 managed by the hand, or under the direction of the 

 owner himfelf : It at all times ferves him as a fource of 

 rational amufement, and honeft fatisfaction. 



The praife cf gardening, it is prcfumed, can hardly 

 be too highly extolled ; and, as this has been fo wel! 

 done by the bell of men, and mofl: refpe&able of 

 writers, it may better anfwer the prefent purpofe to 

 produce their fentiments, than to attempt new ones. 



• What we admire, we praife ; and when we praife, 

 Advance it into notice, that its worth 

 Acknowledged, others may admire it too. 



CoWFER. 



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