PREFACE. 



In presenting our readers with the Second Volume of the 

 FioiucuxTunAi Cabinet, which is completed with the present 

 Number, we feel that a heavy debt of thanks is due from us, and 

 which we unfeignedly offer to our numerous subscribers and con- 

 tributors ; for we believe no other periodical work on Floriculture 

 or Horticulture has ever reached so extensive a circulation, or 

 enjoyed so large a portion of public patronage as our own. 



At the conclusion of our First Volume, we pledged ourselves 

 that, with the valuable assistance of our numerous contributors, 

 we would endeavour to render this our Second Volume still more 

 worthy of the support of our friends ; and we think the increasing 

 demand which our work experiences is sufficient evidence that 

 our pledge has been fulfilled, and that our labours are approved ; 

 and we" have no hesitation in affirming, that such a body of 

 Floricultural intelligence as is contained in the CABINET will 

 not be found in any other existing publication. 



For a large portion of the valuable and important information 

 which our pages contain, we are indebted to our numerous kind 

 and liberal contributors. We arc grateful for their assistane, and 

 respectfully solicit their continued aid; feeling quite confident 

 that, with such support, the succeeding Volumes of the Cabinet 

 will be presented to our readers equal, and in some respects 

 ■operior, to those already published, and still more deserving of 

 their patronage. 



Wortlcy, Auv. 20th, 1834. 



