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in proceeding; and from the same cause, our numbers have not always 

 reached the Subscribers on the day of publication; but we trust that, in 

 future, there will be no ground for complaint on either score. 



The low price of the work precludes us from increasing the number of 

 pages, but the quantity of matter will be increased by printing a portion 

 of the letter-press in smaller type, which will be equivalent to an increase 

 of two pages in each number. 



The work will also be printed on paper superior to that at present employed, 

 and other improvements will be affected which will, we hope, render it more 

 worthy of public patronage. 



As regards the nature of the subjects chosen for illustration, they will contmue 

 to be taken from all classes of Plants suited for out-door or window cultiva- 

 tion. By slightly abbreviating the first four articles, we shall be able to 

 introduce a greater degree of variety in the letter-press, a change which will 

 commend itself to all our readers. 



"We shall be most happy to receive any suggestions from our Subscribers 

 calculated further to improve the work, and all communications on any subject 

 will meet with the utmost attention. 



The improvements we propose to cany out will, we trust, not only preserve 

 to us our present Subscribers, but also procure us the support of a more 

 numerous body of friends. "VVe respectfully beg the kind aid of those who 

 may deem it worthy of encouragement, in making the work known in 

 their different localities. Much may be done by individual recommendation, 

 and the commencement of a new volume will afford a good opportunity 

 for aiding us. 



The first years' existence of a serial publication will, to its projector, 

 always be, even under the most favourable conditions, a season of great 

 anxiety — in our own case, it has been peculiarly so ; but we indulge the 

 belief that, thanks to the fostering care of a generous public, the seedling 

 will speedily become a thriving plant, and that our future path amidst the 

 flowers may be strewn with fewer thorns. 



