DECEMBER. 281 



THE SUPERINTENDENT 



TO THE 



READERS OF THE FLORIST AND GARDEN MISCELLANY. 



"With the present Number we conclude our Third Volume, 

 the last of the First Series ; and have much pleasure in an- 

 nouncing that our arrangements are all completed for com- 

 mencing anew on January the 1st, 1851 ; and we request your 

 company and that of all your friends. 



We have hitherto jogged along very agreeably, and fallen 

 out but little by the way ; and considering how difficult it is to 

 please every palate, we think you have shewn yourselves, on 

 the whole, satisfied with the entertainment we have provided, 

 though some of you have wished there had been more of this 

 dish or of that. We have enlarged our table : we shall give 

 you in the coming year a dessert, — yes, of the finest fruits ; 

 and that not at the expense of the flowers, but an agreeable 

 mixture of both. We are also about to provide you with a 

 little light reading for your arbours : a monthly paper by our 

 " Erratic Man," and some by our old correspondent " Seden- 

 tary." *' Iota " is at work ; Mr. Edwards the same ; and so 

 are our northern friends, Woodhouse and others. 



And you, idle yet able readers, come forth and contribute 

 your quota to the general fund of information : 'tis your duty ; 

 make it your pleasure. Come forth, some of you that are 

 veteran Florists; tell us of your early days, of the old "Florists' 

 feasts," of your enthusiasm, your success and your failures; 

 and so encourage those who are taking your places. 



And you, the successful ones of the present day, the 

 Puxleys, Mays, Hoyles, and others, — why do you not con- 

 tribute to our stores of information ? Tell us what you have 

 done, and how you have done, and what you are doing. 'Tis 

 a debt due to floriculture. Will you pay it ? If you will, 

 now is your time ; the evenings are long, paper is cheap, and 

 so are pens : we can admit no excuse. We have figured your 

 productions; the least you can do is to repay us by giving 

 us the fruits of your experience. Ask us for any thing we 

 can supply, and you shall have it : return this in kind. And 

 you who have the power to increase the number of our sub- 

 scribers, let us ask you to set about it at once : we desire a 

 large circulation, and we deserve it. With the Illustrations 

 of any work of the kind, we challenge comparison ; and we do 

 the same for our general information. 



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