ADDRESS 
TO THE 
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BOTANICAL REGISTER. 
THE great and constantly increasing importation 
of new and ctrious Plants into this country, renders 
it necessary for the Proprietors of the BOTANICAL 
REGISTER to make an exertion to keep pace with the 
spirit of the times ; and finding, on the one hand, the 
present limited number of Descriptions in each Num- 
ber (eight), by no means sufficiently extensive for a 
record of the rare and beautiful Plants, submitted to 
their notice; and on'the other hand, feeling anxious 
to diminish rather than increase the expense of the 
work, Dr. Lindley has suggested the plan of increas- 
ing the number of Descriptions as much as possible, 
and instead of giving a Figure to every Description, 
as formerly, to figure such only as force themselves 
upon the attention of the Botanist or Amateur, either 
by their surpassing beauty, or some rare and curious 
quality; adding also a sufficient quantity of letter-press 
to embrace, under the title of ** Botanical and Horti- 
cultural News,” a Monthly Register of the most rare 
and interesting matter relating to those subjects. Itis 
also proposed, in all cases, to give precise directions 
for the cultivation of the Plants that may be intro- 
duced into the work. This arrangement cannot but 
add greatly to the labour of Dr. Lindley, who, never- 
theless, always anxious to promote the extension of 
scientific knowledge, will not allow any personal 
consideration to stand in the way of so desirable an 
end. 
In the confident hope of the increased patronage 
of the Botanical Public to the plan, the Proprietors 
have determined to reduce the price of all future 
numbers, beginning with January the Ist, to 3s. 6d. 
instead of 4s. which will render the Botanical Regis- 
ter the cheapest, as itis the most beautiful, of all the 
Botanical Periodicals; and eventually constitute it 
the completest and most authentie illustrated Cata- 
logue of Plants, in the whole World. 
