THE FLORIST 



PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS. 



We cannot commence our Second Volume without express- 

 ing our hearty thanks for the assistance we have received in 

 various ways, and from so many quarters ; and we venture to 

 solicit a continuance of the same for the present year. We 

 believe, that by means of The Florist and Garden Miscellany, 

 a large amount of useful and interesting information may be 

 diffused, equally acceptable to all classes interested in flowers 

 and gardens. It should always be borne in mind, that we do 

 not profess to teach, but to receive and distribute the teach- 

 ings of others. This, in combination with obtaining and re- 

 porting information upon all floricultural novelties, is the great 

 object of the work ; and we heartily wish that every one who 

 has obtained such information in the course of his experience, 

 would but use our pages, and so add to the general stock of 

 knowledge. 



We shall make no promises ; indeed, how can we, since the 

 merits of Volume II. will depend more upon our contribu- 

 tors than ourselves ? but we will frankly state what we wish 

 to do, and shall do, if the means are placed at our disposal by 

 an extensive demand for the work. 



We wish it to be self-supporting, and to provide suffi- 

 cient funds for the payment of able reporters in various 

 parts of the country. We wish to have coloured memo- 

 randums taken of the finest seedlings which may reach our 

 censors or be obtained at exhibitions, and from such memo- 

 randums to select the objects for our illustrations. We wish 

 to continue the excellence of our woodcuts, and to give addi- 

 tional ones occasionally, as illustrative of the text. In short, 

 we wish to do many things, to improve and to add to the 

 interest and value of the work ; and we have every confi- 

 dence that, in time, we shall be enabled to make The Florist 



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