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stands much in need of a virtuoso gardener 

 who has a turn to sculpture, and is thereby 

 capable of improving upon the ancients of his 

 profession in the imagery of evergreens. My 

 correspondent is arrived to such perfection, that 

 he cuts family pieces of men, women, or chil- 

 dren. Any ladies that please may have their 

 own effigies in myrtle, or their husbands in 

 hornbeam. He is a Puritan wag, and never 

 fails when he shows his garden to repeat that 

 passage in the Psalms : "Thy wife shall be as 

 the fruitful vine, and thy children as olive 

 branches round thy table." I shall proceed to 

 his catalogue, as he sent it for my recommen- 

 dation : 



" Adam and Eve in yew ; Adam a little shat- 

 tered by the fall of the tree of knowledge in 

 the great storm ; Eve and the serpent very 

 flourishing. 



" The tower of Babel, not yet finished. 



" St. George in box ; his arms scarce long 

 enough, but will be in condition to stick the 

 dragon by next April. 



" A green dragon of the same, with a tail of 

 ground-ivy for the present. 



" N. B. These two not to be sold separately. 



" Edward the Black Prince in cypress. 



" A laurustine bear in blossom, with a juniper 

 hunter in berries. 



