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ARTICLE III. 
TREES,—CHAUCER AND SPENCER. 
BY VIOLA. 
I have already stated, that in consequence of the increasing taste for 
literature, it appeared to me desirable, that all publications which are 
devoted to the instruction and entertainment of individuals, who cul¬ 
tivate those noble and beautiful children of the earth, trees, and 
flowers, should occasionally contain a paper, which without being 
either irrelevant, or a mere detail of cultivation, might bear upon the 
charming and innocent occupation to which they devote their lines; 
and perhaps w r ould not be unacceptable to the juvenile reader : I 
have therefore undertaken to pioneer the way for more able writers. 
The more a man finds to admire in his pursuit, the greater will 
his attachment to it become: the more he sees that the great, and 
wise, and good, have prized the lovely objects of his care,—the 
higher will be his respect for them, for his own taste, and for him¬ 
self. Heaven forbid that any one should infer, that because fortune 
may have placed us in a humble sphere of life, we should be neces¬ 
sarily low-minded : proofs are every day crowding forward to con¬ 
vince us of the contrary. A few individuals are occasionallv found, 
of envious, vulgar, presuming minds, who, because they differ from 
their brethren of the spade,—express themselves in abusive terms, 
instead of using gentle and courteous language : and these persons 
are too often mean enough to shield themselves, under a feigned 
cognomen, from the contempt they dare not encounter, in their real 
names. 
When we see the scribblings of such persons admitted into meri¬ 
torious periodicals, we grieve and are ashamed. To foster a bitter 
spirit, arid bad taste, is a weakness, an oversight, a fault in the con¬ 
ductor of the work, which we pity while we blame. 
In the Register , we never meet with them; it is distinguished for 
the gentlemanlike manner of its discussions; and good feeling is ne¬ 
ver insulted in its pages. 
A work on Horticulture, is not intended for the envious and low r - 
minded only,—it is perused with avidity by the noble, the fair, the 
gentle, and the scientific ; and why should these be annoyed with 
vain and idle wranglings ? The time is fast wearing away for such a 
taste to exist even among those who have been styled in contempt, 
“ the dregs of the people.” 
