to benefit by his Garden. 103 



lias raised in it excellent vegetables and fruits, and a con- 

 siderable variety of them ; for that is a consideration of great 

 moment, as conducing to give to the interest he takes in his 

 garden a more expanded and a deeper stability. You must 

 not vet leave him to himself; but, stepping a little out of 

 your proper character, teach him in what manner to use 

 these vegetables and fruits, so as to derive from them the 

 greatest nourishment and relish : I add relish, and I parti- 

 cularly and emphatically dwell upon it; because we must 

 enlist animal gratification on our side, otherwise we shall never 

 be able to effect a lodgment in the mind. Do you or your 

 readers, therefore, instruct the peasant population fully and 

 clearly how they may best keep their vegetables and fruits, 

 after they have, by attention to your rules, raised them ; how 

 they may best pickle or preserve such as are suited for these 

 purposes; and in what manner they should cook them^ so as 

 to render them most nutritious, palatable, and economical. 

 It is unnecessary for me to go into further detail ; many subor- 

 dinate and collateral points, connected with this division of 

 the plan, will suggest themselves to you and your readers. 



2. Having thus succeeded in creating an interest in the 

 mind of the peasant for his garden, by connecting his own 

 benefit and gratification, with proper attention to it, we may 

 proceed one step farther, and, taking advantage of that interest, 

 and of that fondness for flowers, which seems almost natural 

 to man, direct his thoughts and wishes next to their 

 cultivation. On this point your Magazine might be of essen- 

 tial service. I do not mean by merely teaching him, what 

 flowers best suit certain soils and climates, or how they are to 

 be managed during the whole of their progress ; but by im- 

 proving his taste. Teach him in what manner to select and 

 arrange his flowers, so as best to please the eye ; and by 

 degrees give him reasons for such selection and arrangement ; 

 first, however, give him time to perceive from his own observ- 

 ation and experience, that his eye and taste are most pleased 

 by a certain selection and arrangement ; and then enter on 

 the most simple and obvious reasons why they should be so. 



We have now got our peasant one degree above mere 

 profit and animal gratification, with respect to the motives 

 which lead him to attend to his garden : but we must not yet 

 give up these auxiliaries, nor think our cause degraded by 

 their assistance. 



3. In the course of teaching him that his vegetables and 

 fruits will thrive best in certain soils, or with certain manures, 

 an easy, natural, and obvious transition may be made to the 

 causes why this is the case, and his attention and interest 

 being thus excited, a considerable degree of instruction may 



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