The Florist's Guide (1835)
by Thomas Bridgeman (9780217586405)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TORS, in the fullest sense of the word, that they will be immeasurably happy in " The Matrimonial Garden," should they ever-enter therein; and in like proportion, as they advance in the work of cultivation, will they excel in virtue; which a wise man once declared was to a woman of immense value, "far above rubies," yea, even equal to a glittering. " crown." That we may all attain our object, is the sincere wish of THE AUTHOR. Bowery Road, February 14, 1835. This refers to an article entitled " The Matrimonial Garden, '' which will be found at the end of the book. REFLECTIONS. Whate'er has beauty, worth, or power, Or grace, or lustre, is a Flower; Wit is a Flower; and bards prepare The Flowers of Fancy for the fair; While Beauty's flowery fetters bind In sweet captivity the mind. Deep in the bosom dwells a Flower, Nor time shall taint, nor death devour; A Flower that no rude season fears, And Virtue is the fruit it bears; Which join'd to Patience, Peack, and Love, Will smooth the path to realms above. chapter{Section 4OBSERVATIONS Previous to forming a fibber Garden, the ground .lU.mi.v b nwt yow, and rJuJjelg; well pulverised, manured, and prepared in every respect as if intended for a Kitchen Garden. A Flower Garden should be protected from cold cutting winds by close fences, or plantations of shrubs, forming a close and compact hedge, which should be neatly trimmed every year. Generally speaking, a Flower Garden should not be upon a large scale; the beds or borders should in no part of them be broader than the cultivater can reach to, without treading on them: the shape and number of the beds must be determined by the size of the ground, and the taste of the person laying out the garden. Much of the beauty of a pleasure ...

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