of Bee-Hives in Scotland. 33 
gether with the many elegant gardens, nurfe- 
ries, &c. raifed by art, in the neighbourhood 
of this metropolis, and almoit every other town 
in Scotland, as well as the country feats of our 
gentry, together withthofe numerous wild flow- — 
ers that grow in our meadow grounds and 
pafture lands, we might juftly fay, “the HAR= 
“ vest truly is GREAT, but the LABOURERS 
“ are FEW.’ 
And here I fhall mention a thought, which 
ftruck me lately in a gentleman’s garden, and 
indeed has often ftruck me in fimilar fitua- 
tions ;—“ Here I am furrounded with a va- 
riety of fine flowers, and the profpect all a- 
round me is equally pleafant and delightful ! 
What a variety of Nature’s beauties and fweets 
are here exhibited, and how many thoufands 
of millions of fockets of flowers there are, in 
the vaft number of gardens in this metropolis 
and its environs !—and yet, the infatuated in- 
habitants and proprietors rather allow the 
honey contained in thefe beautiful veflels to 
be wafted, than employ a few of thofe faith- 
ful fervants, provided by nature, to extract 
and collect it for them :—Servants, who would 
chearfully labour, without wages, and find 
themfelves in food and cloathing during their 
0 employment 
