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eighteen feet by ten, in March 1816, I had a 
bed of beautiful high level green, I thought I 
was a wonderful gardener. I still delight in 
these things, and I must say that I am extremely 
obliged to you for a great enj oy ment I now pos- 
sess, for when I come in tired with business, 
fatigued perhaps in body and mind, there ’s my 
little green-house looks so refreshing, that I can- 
not help feeling its influence soothing my mind, 
and rewarding me for all the trouble I have taken 
with it.” 
<s Yes, in the poor man’s garden grow 
Far more than herbs and flowers: — 
Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind. 
And joy for weary hours.” 
Peter Collinson (whose pious memory ought to 
be a standing toast at the meetings of the Horti- 
cultural Society) used to say, that he never knew 
an instance in which the pursuit of such a plea- 
sure as the culture of a garden affords did not 
either find men temperate and virtuous, or make 
them so. And this may be observed as an un- 
deniable and not unimportant fact relating to the 
lower classes of society, that wherever the garden 
of a cottage or other humble dwelling is care- 
fully and neatly kept, neatness and thrift and 
domestic comfort will be found within doors. 
I have yet another glazier to introduce to my 
