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it from the Western door of the garden is conve- 

 nient for the carrying in of dung, and for carrying 

 it out again for the use of the garden. 



96. Here would be room for a greal deal more 

 beds, certainly, than can ever be wanted even in a 

 gentleman's garden. But, observe, the room is no 

 evil. Whatever is not used for hot-beds may be 

 applied to other purposes. This is a sheltered 

 spot ; and, it will, by and by, be seen, that, even if 

 not used for hot-beds at all ; such a spot m.ust be 

 of great utility. 



GREEN-HOUSES. 



97. My object is not to treat of any thing very 

 expensive, or very curious. There are persons, 

 whose taste greatly differs from mine in regard to 

 shrubs and flowers ; and I by no means pretend to 

 say that mine is the best. But, I can treat of no- 

 thing that I do not understand, that is to say, of 

 nothing with regard to which I have not had expe- 

 rience. My study, as to gardening, has always been 

 directed towards things that please the senses : in 

 vegetables, things that please the 'palate, and that, 

 to use the common saying, are good to eat : in shrubs 

 and flowers, things that delight the sight, or the 

 smell. Mere botanical curiosities, as they are call- 

 ed, I never took delight in. If the merit of a plant 

 or a flower is not to be discovered without close 

 and somewhat painful examination, it has always 

 appeared to me not worth the looking for. There 

 is, in fact, nothing more curious in one plant, or 

 flower, than in another. They are all equally cu- 

 rious ; they are equally objects of wonder. There 

 is more of rareness, in England, in the Indian Corn 

 than in the Cowslip ; but here, the Cowslip would 

 have the merit of rareness. The ice-plant, the egg- 

 olant, and many others, have oddity to recommend 



