GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Par. 108. — The generality of practical hor- 

 ticulturalists have been inclined to despise the 

 theorist, but since the study has now become 

 not only a fashionable but a profitable source 

 of amusement, it has led many scientific theorists 

 to furnish the practical man with much useful 

 information, which the latter has been able to 

 improve on ; and from experiments and practice 

 placed England on a level, and, I may add, in a 

 superior situation to all foreign countries in this 

 respect. The knowledge I possess on this sub- 

 ject, as well as gardening in general, has certainly 

 been greatly assisted by the study of different 

 works which have appeared on these subjects ; 



