4o2 THE PLEASURE GARDEIsT, 



Here, indeed, Nature appears with peculiar at- 

 tractions, when decked by her liandmaid Art. Where 

 are the beauties of the Flower Garden to be equal- 

 led ? How great their charms, when properly ar- 

 rayed ! Solomon, in all his glory, was net equal to 

 one of these ! Whatever can gratify the senses ; 

 whatever can please tlie eye ; whatever can sooth 

 the passions, is here to be found. Fragrance, deli- 

 cacy, innocence ! All the charms of nature, are here 

 combined! Think on the Jasmine and the Violet; 

 on the Carnation and the Rose ; and think on the 

 Lily and the Poet's Narcissus ! From the humble 

 Daisy to- the lovely Rabinia, or the tall-fiowering 

 Tinus, hov/' many gradations of elegance and of 

 beauty! 



The cultivation of shrubs and flowers, has en- 

 gaged the attenLk>n of the curious in all ages. It 

 has been of very great service to the art of garden- 

 ing in general. The florist naturally becomes a. 

 botanist ; the botanist, if not an horticulturist, be- 

 comes a valuable assi;5tant to him ; and by inq)art- 

 ing many secrets of nature, greatly promotes the in- 

 terests of the science. 



The British Flower Garden, at this present time, 

 if we include the Greenhouse, the Conservatory, 

 and the Stov e, can boast a display, and a greater 

 assemblage of plants and flowers, than is to be met 

 with in any other part of the world. Here are to 

 be met w4th, all our own natives, and tlie natives of 

 all other climates ! The veronica, and tlie Japan 

 rose; the cam})annla, and the cactus grandiflora ; 

 tl)e Grampian heatli, and the Cape jasmine; 'with 



