By Anthony Carlisle, Esq. 



tables. By a free communication of every excellence, and 

 of every skilful method, the practical gardener will become 

 intituled to the publick gratitude, and to the marks of dis- 

 tinction which this Society has to confer ; by a liberal en- 

 couragement of this Art, the suitableness of particular soils 

 and other beneficial localities may become generally known ; 

 and even the profits of labour and skill may be rendered less 

 subject to chance, or to the hurtful vicissitudes of the 

 seasons. 



In concluding these observations, the writer cannot help 

 again urging it upon the Society, to avoid undue partialities, 

 or preferences, and to foster and encourage every branch of 

 Horticulture, and all the Arts connected with it. 



Let it be kept in mind, that esculent vegetables are none 

 of them wholly composed of nutriment ; that they all differ 

 from each other as to their wholesome qualities, both in their 

 several species, and in the varieties of their culture; that 

 fruits and many other esculents, though only healthful addi- 

 tions to food, are absolutely necessary in large cities, where 

 the health of the great is inseparably linked with the health 

 of the industrious. Lastly, while contemplating the mere 

 support and the health of the body, let it be remembered, 

 that the Society is bound also not to neglect the rational in- 

 digencies and relaxations of the mind. The Exhibitions of 

 the Conservatory, and the Flower Garden, have many re- 

 commendations ; they are the most reasonable, and perhaps 

 the most satisfactory gratifications, which can be presented 

 to 'the inhabitants of the Metropolis ; they afford the most 

 pleasing contrasts, both with the dull grandeur of the town 



