TO HIS GARDENER 17 



Nursery, and your men to trenching, etc. When forwarded, 

 lett Ch: go as I ordered in my last, after planting the Beeches, 

 Chesnutts and Walnutts. I hope you Ve gott men who wont 

 refuse working in Woods or Nurserys as there shall be occasion, 

 as your two fine Gentlemen did. Had I known of this Border 

 before undertaken, I would have advis'd the adding some 

 trouble and expence which would have made it really answer. 



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Charles, — In case you are doeing any thing for yourself at 27 Deer. 1734. 

 the Town I have putt into the inclos'd ane article which may 

 be for your service and prevent your being found fault with 

 in case you want now and then to see and forward your own 

 affairs or want any thing from the Garden at the house. If 

 you are doeing nothing you are certainly neglecting what 

 may turn out to your advantage. Your father told me himself 

 that he could sell much more than his Garden produces. The 

 people told me they w^ould buy six times as much as he ever 

 had to sell if he had it and would sell at a lower price. Itt is 

 commonly our Scots way to do little busines but squeese up 

 high prices. Whereas it would be much more real advantage 

 to enlarge the business, have the profitt tho small upon it yet 

 great from enlarging of itt, not great upon a little, but from 

 many smalls to make a Great. Itt is true this way of thinking 

 and acting is not like the common way with us and brakes in 

 upon our Lasie, Indolent disposition and requires thought, 

 Industry and activity in contriving and executing with life. 

 I hope you don't think to lett that Garden and ground 

 continue to be managM in the stupid way your father is going 

 on in. He has choak'd what he has in Garden so as he can 

 have little undercrop in it, and for his land his Husbandry 

 goes no further than to gett bad Grain one year and worse the 

 next. If you lett it go on so what I designed as a favour to you 

 will turn to your loss. As you have seen so much it will be 

 most unaccountable in you if you fall into the stupid. Indolent 

 inactive way of doeing so comon in our Country. I think I 

 should rather call it not doeing, for if a man with us can 

 squeese out of a little work as much as can keep his Skin and 



