John Evelyn
John Evelyn
John Evelyn, FRSwas an English writer, gardener and diarist...
dark cities clouds
The Hellish and dismal cloud of...Coal...perpetually imminent over (London) ...that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist...corrupting the lungs and disordering the entire habit of their bodies; so the Catarrhs,...Cough, and Consumption, range more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides.
years next ends
A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next.
educational garden satisfaction
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.
friendship real heart
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.