Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-12-31
GARDENING FOR LADIES.

The accompanying amusing and instruct
i've observations are taken from an excellent
article in the Gardeners .Nago.ine, entitled
" Instructions in Gardening for LADIES'" by
Mrs. Loudon:-
| To derive the fullest chi -yments from O
| love of flowers, II is absolut.l ly necessary to
do something towards their culture with their
own hands.-Labor is at the root of all en-
joyment. The fine lady, who has Il nosegay
put Oh her table every morning by her gar
dcner has not tenth Of the enjoyment from
II that the lady has who has sown the seeds,
or stuck the cuttings, and walcrcd aud shift
ed, or trauspanted, pruned, and tied up, or
pegged down or lhnned out the plants, aud
at last gathered the flowers herself But we
would have ladies' of leisure do great deal
more than this. Let them hoe, and rake and
dig, and wheel barrow, and prune and nail
wall trees, handle n syringe, and work one o!
Reads garden engines BY these aud sim.
lar operations, they will insure health, with
out which there can neither be good temper,
nor any kind Of enjoyment whatever, mental
or corporehl. The grand and all pcrvadlng
evil among ladies Of independent fortune, is
rnnui. which, every body knows, is brought
on from want Of rational and active opera.
tlon. Now The pursuits of botany and gar
denlng supply an occupation which Is at
once rational and ncilve and they supply it.
not only TO the lady who has merely love
OF flowers without scientific knowledge oi
botany or taste for the arts Of design, aud
who may, therefore, cultivate her flowers
and perform her garden operations, without
a greater eXertion Of mind than is required
from a garde ner's labor; but to the scientific
lady, whose botanical knowledge, like that Of
the scientific gardener, may enable her to
raise many new kinds of flowers, fruits and
culinary vegetables, by the different process
'es required for that purpose and to the lady
Of artisiIcal taste, IN drawing, painting and
sculpture, who may direct her attention To
landscape gardening, and more especially,
to the designing of flower gardens, and the
introduction in them of the various kinds Of
ornaments of which they are susceptible; n
subject at present as much IN its infancy as
botany was before the time of Linneus. But,
say some of our readers, "What ! the Ouch
css of - wheeling Il barrow, and mailing
wall trees !" Yes. certainly, If she has moth.
ing else TO do, that will be an occupation e.
qually active and rational. Why not Duch
ess as well as plain mistress? Suppose
this Duchess at work in her garden, and you
were not aware that she has any title. Sop
pose her dressed IN the simplest manner, tas
were the Vicom,e d'Ermcnonvlc's wife and
daughters in the gardens of Ermenonvllle,) J
what wonder would there be then? Ladies
Of rank are rs much subject 10 ennui as ladies'
without rank; and every lady, as well as
every gentleman, has portion Of the day
that she can call her own, when she may in.
LII 4.
life is not worth keeping. Did not the Earl
OF Chatham, notwithstanding his being prime
minister at period the most important that
ever occurred in the annals Of this country,
find time not only to lay out his own ground:
but to assist Lord Ly,ileton in laying out
Ilaglcy? We insist upon 1t, therefore, that
what we propose is just as suitable and ne.
ccssary for ladies' Of the highest rank as it is
tor those without rank, provided they are
equally without rational and active occupation
ut some other kind.