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dead ; but I shall soon replace it to you with some others. The 

 Asarum, and Solarium triphyllum [Trilliurri], are both in good 

 health, and blooming. I sincerely wish they may arrive safe. I 

 have watered them again, to-day ; and the Captain says, that he'll 

 sail to-morrow. May God grant him a speedy and prosperous 

 voyage, and thus give you a further opportunity of viewing and 

 admiring the beauties of some more of his amazing and wonderful 

 works. How eminently happy are these hours, which the humble 

 and philosophic mind spends in investigating and contemplating 

 the inconceivable beauties and mechanism of the works of nature, 

 the true manifestations of that supremely wise and powerful Agent 

 who daily upholds and blesses us. 



May that fatherly Being continue to enlighten your mind, till 

 that hour come, when the parting of this veil will lay before your 

 eyes a new and more glorious field of contemplation, and still more 

 unutterable sights of bliss. 



Be assured that I offer, in great sincerity, my kind respects to 

 all your family. 



And am, dear friend, yours, 



Alexander Garden. 



February 23d, 1761. 



N. B. I should be much obliged to you for some Hyacinths, 

 and some Narcissus with the largest Nectariums, we call these 

 Horsenecks. * * * * 



My worthy Friend : 



I received your obliging letter, informing me of the safe arrival 

 of the plants. I rejoice with you, on your increasing collection of 

 these curious productions of the allwise hand of our omnipotent 

 Creator. May your soul be daily more filled with an humble admi- 

 ration of his works, and your lips exercised in his praise. How 

 glorious are those hours of contemplation and enjoyment, that the 

 ravished soul passes through, when viewing the wonderful manifes- 

 tations of his power, wisdom, and goodness. When this scene of 

 things passes away, and the great and first Author of all leads us 

 to fields of a more rich and fertile clime, there shall we proceed 

 with fresh vigour, and enlarged faculties, to view him nearer, wor- 

 ship and adore more strongly, and live more willingly within the 



