got a rare flower or ſhrub, views with pleasure & attention its gradual advances in growth, & how it unfolds its beautiful foliages, & the caſes of its flowers, till at length they arrive at the full blaze of their perfect ſtate.
as far as my memory will ſerve me
teſtimony of my respect to the memory of this incomparable person.
I have waited for this life to be done, as it deſerves; & have not been overhaſty, in printing, what was wrote 27 years ago.
there is this uſe in it likewiſe. for whilſt we see how a great genius will early break out, & dawn, agt any obſtacle; will ſhow in miniature, what its ripening talents will adorn: ſo to a leſs pregnant one, ſuch objects may be preſented, & such meaſures taken, as will inſenſibly lead them to very conſiderable heights; when done with proper art, & judgment; by thoſe that have the care of the education of youth. human nre like a plant muſt have the vital principle in its self: but it requires watering & proper culture to bring it to its deſtin'd perfection. So a botanist that has
