"By reason of its soporigous quality, lettuce..." - Quote by John Evelyn
By reason of its soporigous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues the principal foundation of the universal tribe of Sallets, which is to cool and refresh, besides its other properties... including beneficial influences on morals, temperance, and chastity.
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“Mulberry Garden, now the only place of refreshment about the town for persons of the best quality to be exceeding cheated at.”
“Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity.”
“A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next.”
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