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dressing. Give all the air practicable on every fine day, and 

 protect from severe frosts. 



WaUingford. Carey Tyso. 



Tulips. — Upon the presumption that all Tulips are now planted, 

 nothing more is required by way of direction till they begin to 

 near the surface. 



Wycombe. J. Hunt. 



THE FLORIST'S FAREWELL TO THE YEAR. 



The months are gone I've spent in Flora's bowers ; 



The Sun once more his yearly course hath run ; 

 Fallen are the leaves, and withered lie the flowers 



I longed to see when first the year begun. 

 Alas, that loveliness so fiail must be ! — 

 An emblem true of man's mortality ! 



Yet I can not lament these bygone days, 



Like those so oft in idleness misspent; 

 To train a flower, these beauteous forms to raise, 



May well employ the moments God has lent. 

 I work with Him — I only till the ground ; 

 'Tis He rewards my toil with skill profound. 



Full oft have flowers meek eloquence employed 

 To teach me lessons much my heart required ; 



The joys of earth with sorrows are alloyed : — 

 To bear each grief my heart has been inspired, 



As oft these gems of Nature seemed to say, 



" The Power which made us is not far away." 



Henry Burgess. 



CONCLUSION. 



We must not bring this volume to a close without tendering our sin- 

 cere thanks to all those whose contributions have given such value 

 to its pages. We need not allude to them individually ; they have 

 their reward in learning how steadily The Florist and Garden Mis- 

 cellany is finding its way into extensive circulation. We unite with 

 thern in regretting that whilst its pages are open to all for the com- 

 munication of information on the various subjects connected with our 

 pursuit, so few comparatively should avail themselves of the oppor- 

 tunity for diffusing the information they may acquire or possess. 



We must not be so ungallant as to forget the services of several fair 

 correspondents, and we tender them our cordial thanks for the same. 

 In the name of the Duchess Dowager of Northumberland, to whom, by 

 permission, we dedicate this volume, they have an assurance that it 

 will be conducted in a manner deserving their future support ; and it 



