health and peace of mind, but probably more 

 good will has arisen, and friendship has been 

 founded, by the intercourse and communication 

 connecTted with this pursuit, than from any other 

 whatsoever. The pleasures, the ecstasies, of the 

 horticulturi^ are harmless and pure; a ^reak, 

 a tint, a shade becomes his triumph, which 

 though often obtained by chance, are secured 

 alone by morning care, by evening caution, and 

 the vigilance of days; an employ which, in its 

 various grades, excludes neither the opulent nor 

 the indigent, and, teeming with boundless variety, 

 affords an unceasing excitement to emulation, 

 without contention or ill will." 



