TT. VEGETATION", 25 



Mind the wise ends which proper means promote, 

 See how the different parts for different use are wrought ; 

 Contemplate all this conduct and design, 

 Then own, and praise, the ARTIFICER DIVINE! 



For several of the foregoing observations, and 

 some of the passages on vegetation, Mr. M. thinks 

 ijt proper to. acknowledge, that he is indebted to the 

 excellent Mr. Derham, and others. 



SECTION III. 



OF THE FORMATION OF A GARDEN". 



THE garden here meant, is one where vegetables, 

 fruits and flowers are cultivated under the same 

 inclosure. Considering the profit and pleasure to be 

 reaped from a good garden, it is certainly an object 

 of great consequence to the comfort of human life. 

 It will not, therefore, be prudent in any one who has 

 a garden to form, to be niggardly, either in allotting 

 ground for it, or sparing in ex pence and trouble to 

 prepare, and lay it out in the best manner. 



The agreeable work of making a new garden can 

 happen to few ; and when it does, soil, situation, and 

 space, all favourable, are happy circumstances not 

 always at command : It often indeed happens, how- 

 ever, that pieces of ground are taken into use as 

 Additions, and some judgment should be exercised 

 in the choice, that the business may be well done. 



To assist in resolving on the quantity of ground 

 it may be prudent to cultivate as a garden, a general 

 idea may be given in observing, that an acre with, 

 ty all-trees, hot beds, pots, &c. will furnish employ- 



