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We shall be much gratified if the present Series meets with 

 as favourable a reception as its predecessor has done; and it is 

 with unfeigned pleasure we find that all our old and valued 

 Contributors are not only quite willing, but anxious to aflbrd 

 us every assistance in their power. 



If we have enlarged the sphere of our labours, it is with 

 the hope that we shall be able to render as good service in the 

 diffusion of sound information upon Fruit, as we have hitherto 

 done upon Flowers, amongst a class to whom a monthly 

 periodical like ours affords a sufficient supply of information 

 for their wants, and to whom a weekly paper would be a bur- 

 den rather than a pleasure. Experience has taught us that 

 the latter is the proper receptacle for communications of a 

 controversial character, and also for the reports of horticul- 

 tural and floral exhibitions. The value of the latter very 

 much depends upon their speedy appearance in print; and 

 in cases involving and requiring discussion, much that is of 

 temporary interest is unsuitable for a work which, though 

 issued in monthly parts, is intended to form an elegant volume 

 at the conclusion of each year. 



No country in the world can boast a greater zeal in hor- 

 ticultural pursuits than our own ; and this is evidenced in a 

 striking manner by the number of periodicals devoted to the 

 science, as well as the almost universal taste for gardening 

 which prevails in all classes. 



For three years the Florist and Garden Miscellany has 

 held a conspicuous place amongst gardening publications, and 

 has found numerous readers ready to welcome its appearance 

 on the first of each month ; and we believe the number would 

 be greatly increased, if a knowledge of its existence was more 

 generally diffused. 



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