COTTAGE GARDENS. 261 



the appearance of comfort and luxury which he 

 witnessed at the residence of a country gentleman. 

 Nor were our cottage gardens overlooked by him. 

 He had evidently seen nothing like them ; and 

 confessed that the fondness of the English of all 

 classes for flowers must be unbounded : and so it 

 is. It is one of the characteristics of our country, 

 and long may it remain so. 



