{"newspaper_name": "Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
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Whea God made man he placed IN his
hand the spade and the pruning hook
When he restored man 10 the beautiful
earth, after the flood, he promise not to
curse the ground any more, and 10 give
seed-time and harvest as duly % day and
night. When he spake 10 man hs eonds-
scended TO use the langusge Of The gar
den; for the gentlest invitations and IN
citemenls Of holy writ come to US breath
ing the odors Of the rose Of Sharon ths
Zig tree and the vine, and the lily Of the
valleys And am iain to believe, that
in the early spring, when with devout
thankfulness, the father Of an humble
family with his little ones about him, gent
ly tils his plot Of ground, training his
vines, and watering lis tender herbs, God
often condescends. in the secrecy Of
heart brought into harmony with nature,
to whisper words Of grace.
~ Let me entreat the reader then % cul-
tivate the earth----to take advantngs &c ~
cry little nook of ground about his dwell
ling. Flowers are the gems Of the soil !;
we ought to nurture and enjoy them. /
shrink from the denaturalized creature
who has outliyed his childish love Of flow
ers. Better have gay garden, than
gay parlcur; better keep bed Of tulips
than horse and wagon. "When sgss
grow to civility and elegance, nen come
to build stately, sooner than to gardsn
finely; as if gardening were not the
greater sperfection." So saith ny Lord
Bacon.