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ON TIIE LOVE OF FLOWERS. 
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there is a natural hollow and indent in the ha! ha! at which place 
there is a grotto-like arch and gate. It debouches again at the inner 
side of the pleasure-ground, opposite fhe coach-yard, whence carriages 
pass either into the inner court with coals, &c., or round the garden for 
any purpose of the gardener. All tradesmen, servants, &c. also enter 
by this gate, the other being only used by the family carriages and 
horses, or those of visiters. 
This arrangement of the pleasure-ground is, I think, particularly 
convenient either as a passage into the other gardens without going 
through the courts, or for pedestrian recreation, forming a circuit of the 
most interesting description. It forms the foreground to all the most 
striking features of the park and surrounding country, and with refer¬ 
ence to them its trees and shrubs are all disposed; it is, in fact, only a 
more highly ornamented part of the park, defended from the browsing 
and trampling of cattle by the ha! ha! fence. It is full of variety, 
and not only a suitable fringe to the fruit and kitchen gardens, but acts 
as a shelter as well as a screen to the walls of both. But as I must 
enter into more minute details of the various features of this pleasure- 
ground, I shall reserve these for the subject of my next letter. In the 
mean time, believe me to be, &c. &c. 
A. B. 
FLORICULTURE. 
ON THE LOVE OF FLOWERS. 
The love of flowers is a delightful, a natural, and a rational inclina¬ 
tion of a refined mind. Flowers are among the most beautiful objects 
in nature j their delicacy, their forms, and their colours attract the 
most incurious eye ; and their fragrance is gratifying to one of the most 
acute of our senses. Whether produced by the lofty tree, the humble 
shrub, or the lowly herb—whether found on the mountain, in the 
valley, in the lake which lies, or the stream which wanders through 
the vale, they are equally admired and admirable. 
The most untutored, even the infant mind, is delighted not only 
with the view but with the possession of flowers. They are the 
emblems of purity and innocence; and being the chief and most con¬ 
spicuous ornament of the vegetable creation, they are borrowed to 
decorate the habits and the habitations of man ; they add a charm to 
