THE PHYTOLOGIST. 

 1862. 



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TPIE ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE HEADERS, 

 CONTRIBUTORS, ETC. 



Our. Friends and Readers — in our own case we are both liappy 

 and proud to state that these two terras are synonymous — have 

 now for a considerable period indulged the Editor with the 

 liberty of entering, in this the first number for the new year, 

 a multifarious series of topics on matters affecting the utility 

 of this periodical, and which are conducive to the harmony that 

 should exist between the readers and the writer, and especially 

 between him and the contributors. 



This article, which is anticipated with feelings akin to the 

 delight which the juvenile branches of the community indulge 

 at the recurrence of Twelfth-day, St. Valentine's, or any other 

 season of festivity and merry-making, Avill not be a thing of 

 shreds and patches, but rather something like the good fare of 

 Christmas, which is produced by a judicious combination of 

 many diversified but savoury ingredients. 



Many communications of a confidential nature are received 

 during the year, and a hope is here expressed that their authors 

 are not disappointed because their good counsels, friendly advice, 

 and courteous cautions have produced no good results so speedily 

 as they expected. 



The Editor's correspondents are hereby assured, that their 

 honest sentiments on all subjects are treated with deference; 

 and that their hearty approval or disapprobation of what they 

 like or what they condemn, are certain pledges of the interest 

 which they take in the prosperity of the publication. 



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