288 IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN 



this subject I cannot do better than again quote Isaac 

 Barrow: — 



'Everything contributes somewhat to the use and benefit 

 or to the beauty and ornament of the whole ; no weed grows 

 out of the earth, no insect creeps upon the ground, which hath 

 not elegancy and yields not its profit ; nothing is abominable 

 or despicable, though all things are not alike amiable or 

 admirable.' — Sermon on the Creed, x. 



And very much to the same effect, Friar Laurence, 

 in Romeo and Juliet, describes the ' baleful weeds and 

 precious-juicM flowers ' which he is going to gather : — 



' Many for many virtues excellent, 

 None but for some, and yet all different. 

 mickle is the powerful grace that lies 

 In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities ; 

 For nought so vile that on the earth doth live 

 But to the earth some special good doth give. ' 



