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ment in useful knowledge, in every depart- 

 ment of life ; and horticulture has not es- 

 caped the influence. One man has trees ; 

 another has pastes, powders, potions, and 

 plaisters to sell; a third has been bred a 

 gardener, and must adhere td the practice 

 he has been taught, though that should be 

 contrary to every rule and law of nature, 

 reason, and common sense. And it re- 

 quires more than ordinary courage to differ 

 from a common received' opinion ; be- 

 cause a man's character, (than which, no- 

 thing can be dearer to him, both his happi- 

 ness as a social being, and his bread, if not 

 independent, resting on it) is sure to suffer; 

 as has happened in the present case ; the 

 author having been stigmatised with the 

 grossest defamation : folly, madness, &c. by 

 professional men, amateurs, connoiseurs, 

 &c. He has, however, had the consolation 



