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FLORIST, FRUITIST, AND GARDEN 

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A WORD TO OUR READERS. 



It will be expected that we should state, at the commence- 

 ment of our editorial labours, what course we intend to pursue 

 hi the future direction of a periodical which, under the foster- 

 ing care of its late highl}^ respected Superintendent was first 

 introduced to public notice, and from that period sedulously 

 nurtured, until it became, what we trust under our guidance it 

 may still continue to be, the Florist's and Gardener's Family 

 Friend ever gladly welcomed and usefully referred to. 



A few lines will shadow forth the course we intend to 

 pursue. 



Our articles will be from the pens of practical growers, 

 such as are most justly celebrated for the production of the 

 several subjects, the most popular of their kind, which will be 

 embraced under our threefold character of Florist, Fruitist, 

 and Garden Miscellanist. 



The reports of exhibitions, and the opinions therein 

 expressed of any new productions, will be our own. Some 

 responsibility on this point must be incurred, and we think it 

 right to state that it will rest upon ourselves. "VVe hope our 

 judgment will, from our experience, be found sound and un- 

 impeachable; and we trust to pursue a strictly honourable 

 course, so as to satisfy our own conscience and preserve the 

 good opinion of our numerous friends. 



As regards our Illustrations, we propose to give in every 

 Number one coloured plate ; selecting for this purpose, ac- 

 cording to our own judgment, the best productions of the year, 

 without the slighest reference to the parties by whom they 

 may have been brought forward, and suffering nothing to 

 stand in our way so as to prevent the selection of the best 



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