You find me in my garden dress. You will excuse it, I 

 know. It is an ancient pursuit, gardening. Primitive, my 

 dear sir ; for, if I am not mistaken, Adam was the first of our 

 calling. PECKSNIFF. 



I am of Opinion that one considerable way to improve 

 Gardening and the Culture of Plants would be to give a de- 

 scription of the Plants themselves ; then the Soils, Climates, 

 and Countries where the Plants to be cultivated naturally 

 grow ; and what Seasons, Rains, and Meteors they have : 

 which, being imitated as much as possible, perhaps some 

 Plants might thrive better than they do now on the fattest 

 Ground. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SO- 

 CIETY TO THK END OP THE YEAR 1700, ARTICLE LXXXIV. 



