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[ Fthnmry, 



I had thou^jht to pive three Bketchee of larpe 

 pstntc's in tliis chapter, but it is already too lonj;. 

 I may perhaps yet <;ive the tliird; but there are 

 public parks, botanic >:ardens, cemeteries, woods 

 :in<l I'orests.and numbcrlessotherfhin^'S I tlioufiht 

 I would like to ^'ive brief sketches of, and all 

 before Spring, when I may again lly away some- 

 where. 



Since writing the above, the papers tell of the 

 death of the good I.ady of liuxted Park. An 



never have been his ta«k. He believes that iu 

 his humble way his work has given pleasure to- 

 thousands, and who will therefore share with him 

 his s<»rrow at her death. 

 A IJoiJi's AoKNT. — A man calling himself A.M.. 

 Waters and other names, professing to be an 

 agent for the (iAUDKNEK's M().\Tiii>v,has tleecedt 

 a number of poor gardeners by offering premiums 

 as inducements, worth about seven dollars, for a 

 $2 subscription. (Jf course, every one who reads- 



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ISKGOXIA ACHUNi: 



editor's life is not his own. Twenty years of 

 associatioTi with his readers make a history that 

 might be personal, partly theirs. In this view, 

 the editor of the Gardener's Moxtiily felt 

 no hesitation, in the former part of this sketch, 

 in expressing his deep sense of obligation to 

 Colonel and Lady Catharine Ilarcourt for their 

 early countenance and encouragement, and with- 

 out which this Gardener's Monthly might 



the Monthly knows we never otler '• shears "" 

 or any thing else as '' premiums," and it is 

 hardly worth taking up room by a "warning" 

 here. We fancy the rogue aims to be something 

 of a wag. as he proposes the gift of a pair of 

 shears to his victims. It is strange that any one 

 will trust $2 to a total stranger before even the 

 shears are in hand; and only that we are told 

 hundreds have done so. we could not believe it. 



