The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . icles of comfort and luxury, which in the moremoderate temperature of our climate, must beprocured by industry and science. But although the vegetable products of ourown countr\- are in this respect very inferior tothose of the countries between the tropics, wehave no cause to complain on this accountj thatour advantages are fewer. The energy whichenables us to meet difiBculty and overcome it, thesatisfaction that arises from an active and diligentpursuit of knowledge, are ample compensatio
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . icles of comfort and luxury, which in the moremoderate temperature of our climate, must beprocured by industry and science. But although the vegetable products of ourown countr\- are in this respect very inferior tothose of the countries between the tropics, wehave no cause to complain on this accountj thatour advantages are fewer. The energy whichenables us to meet difiBculty and overcome it, thesatisfaction that arises from an active and diligentpursuit of knowledge, are ample compensationsfor luxurious ease, and languid indolence. Wiselyand kindly has the Great Governor of the Uni-verse adapted our respective allotments to ourrespective w:mts! COTTON. 241 I shall conclude my letter by giving you anaccount of some singular vegetable substancescontained by the seed-vessels of plants of foreigncountries. ^ The cotton which is so valuable an article inmanufactures, and of which so much of your ownclothing is made, is produced by a shrub whichgrows in the East Indies, and many other hot.
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