100 CTJLTUBE OF EXOTIC PLANTS. 



dom in the development of the several p?irts, primary and 

 deep-seated laws of organic life bind all animal and vegetable 

 forms to firmly established and ever recurring types, and de- 

 termine in each zone the particular character impressed on it, 

 or the physiognomy of nature. I regard it as one of the 

 fairest fruits of general European civilisation, that it is now 

 almost every where possible for men to obtain, by the 

 cultivation of exotic plants, by the charm of landscape 

 painting, and by the power of the inspiration of language, 

 some part, at least, of that enjoyment of nature, which, when 

 pursued by long and dangerous journeys through the interior 

 of continents* is afforded by her immediate contemplation. 



