6 INTRODUCTION. 



revolve ; and as every tree and shrub has it's 

 peculiar inhabitants, we have at the same time 

 a collection of animal and vegetable wonders, 

 that are sufficient to occupy all the leisure 

 which our economical duties allow us. As 

 years increase, a taste for most pleasures in 

 general diminishes. Those of the court be- 

 come fatiguing; the charms of the table 

 appear to lessen ; and as passion subsides 

 and love languishes, the gay ball and splen- 

 did opera lose their delights ; but the fond- 

 ness for a garden increases, and is almost the 

 only pleasure that does increase. Let us not, 

 then, neglect to cultivate a taste for what will 

 form the delight and amusement of the latter 

 period of life. Every tree we plant adds to 

 the entertainment we prepare for future 

 years, for ourselves, our friends, and suc- 

 cessors. 



Should particular times and circumstances 

 require a retrenchment to be made in domes- 

 tic expenses, it should not begin with the 

 garden. This once neglected or laid aside, 

 cannot soon or with small cost be re-es- 

 tablished. There are other more expensive 

 and less profitable indulgences, which may be 

 lessened without injury ; nay, perhaps, with 

 benefit to an establishment. By giving one 

 entertainment less each season in 



