CONCLUSION. 



YOUNG gardeners, think of this : the man 

 we've all come from, he was a gardener ; 

 therefore we've a right to say that ours is a 

 noble business, for 'twas the first ever fol- 

 lowed. He was set to gardening for plea- 

 sure ; but he made a grand mistake, lost his 

 place, and had afterwards to work for his liv- 

 ing. He laid all his misfortunes to his wife, 

 and that added to his disgrace ; and it's my 

 belief, from what I've learnt of a good wife, 

 she would not have tried to get out of trou- 

 ble, as he did, by saying, "My husband's 

 to blame," if he'd committed the first fault. 

 However, if she made the breach, through 

 her came He who has repaired it ; and when 

 we think of this, we may all work on, and 

 ought to find pleasure in our labour. If the 

 thorns and thistles will grow, yet we are well 

 repaid for the sweat of our brow by keeping 

 ? em down ; just the same as 'tis in our hearts : 

 all kinds of evil things spring up there, every 



