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tical gardeners and nurserymen, whose atten- 

 tion to their profession has not only honoured 

 and enriched themselves, but so benefited 

 and beautified their country, that it has be- 

 come, as far as nature and art can make it, 

 the paradise of the terrestrial world. 



The art, of gardening is now so justly ap- 

 preciated in this country, that the Author 

 does not despair of seeing monuments of brass 

 erected, by a generous public, to commemo- 

 rate the memory of those neglected personages 

 who first introduced the cultivation of the po- 

 tatoe, and other useful vegetable productions 

 into this kingdom. Even the brilliant talents 

 of Ireland have not left a more lasting benefit 

 to our sister country, than that man, who, 

 braving the seas, procured for it the potatoe 

 root. Our naval and military defenders are 

 justly rewarded by the gratitude and the purse 

 of the nation, and would gladly divide these 

 honours with those that have made their coun- 

 try more worthy of defence. 



The Author considers, among other bless- 

 ings, that gardening has bestowed on the 



