THE FLORIST. 135 



A gardener I define as one generally fond of, 

 and conversant in gardening who indiscrimi- 

 nately grows all plants which come in his way, 

 and which his space and means allow him to 

 cultivate. 



A florist is one who confines his attention to 

 the particular cultivation of some two or three 

 plants ; carnations, pinks, tulips, hyacinths, 

 auriculas, and ranunculuses, are the principal 

 flowers : and these are well selected, for three 

 reasons: they are all beautiful; they all run 

 into numerous varieties, so that every grower is 

 continually raising something new ; and they 

 are flowers which improve, perhaps, more than 

 any others, by great care and cultivation. 



The same tulip, or auricula, grown one sea- 

 son, without more than the ordinary care of a 

 general gardener, and grown the next with all 

 the care bestowed by a professed florist, will 



