CLOSE OP THE VOLUME. 



We presume that tlicrc are few who look over the nature of our Table of 

 Contonts, its list of illustrations, and the varied nature of the horticultural 

 information collected during the year, but will agree that this is a very 

 cheap book. Such indeed it is, and we are safe in saying that one of its 

 size and containing its engravings, could not be afforded by a bookseller 

 for more than twice the price. 



Arrangements for the ensuing year are now all completed; the editor 

 and publisher enter upon the new volume in January with their machinery 

 and tools perfected to a state much beyond what they were on the jounud 

 being suddenly transferred to Philadelphia. That event found the editor 

 without a single exchange periodical to consult or copy, and it has only 

 been within a few weeks that his stores of European works have fully 

 arrived. The publisher, too, was without prepared illustrations; yet, 

 notwithstanding these disadvantages, the Horticulturist has been more 

 punctually issued than formerly ; and if reliance may be placed on public 

 and private notice, and upon subscriptions, it has been received with a 

 favor undiminished, nay, increased. For the future, it will be printed 

 under the superintendence of the best typographer in Philadelphia. 



Under these circumstances we shall continue for 1856, we trust, to 

 multiply the attractions of the work, and certainly, if personal zeal in the 

 cause of horticulture can achieve success, or personal devotion of time can 

 command public approbation, they shall not be wanting; with confidence, 

 therefore, we ask for a continuance of patronage, and invite our numerous 

 readers to a renewal of their subscriptions — reminding them of the neces- 

 sity of their being in advance^ the mailing being discontinued with the time 

 for which it is paid. 



The January Number will contain, "A short chapter on Gardeners 

 and Experimental Gardens," by the editor. " Ornamental Trees," by Lewis 

 F. Allen, of Black Rock, New York. "The Cultivation of tlie Pear 

 Tree," by Dr. Ward, of Newark, New Jersey. "The Seed Business of 

 the West," by Wm. Stoms, Cincinnati, Ohio. "Eailroads in a Social Point 

 of View," by Horticola. " Cultivation of the Raspberry," by Daniel Hughes, 

 Haverstraw, New York. " Effects of ^Eoonlight," by Professor Lindley. 

 "Grafting the Cactus Tribe," with a plate, &c. &c. The frontispiece illus- 

 trations will be " A New Rhododendron," from North Carolina, and " A 

 Design for a Country House." 



ROBERT PEARSALL SMITH, 

 Publisher^ 17 and 19 Minor Street, Philadelphia. 



