JV PREFACE. 



from the pride we take in its management, as from the hope of in- 

 creasing our list of patrons. 



In addition to the aid already extended to us, several gentlemen 

 and amateurs, who take a deep interest in the science we profess to 

 advance, have kindly proffered us their assistance; and it is a source 

 of no small gratification to us, to know that our efforts, however so 

 humble, have been such as to draw within our acquaintance, a large 

 portion of all the principal patrons of gardening in the country. 



The close of the Fourth Volume brings us to a brighter and more 

 encouraging period in our labors than when it commenced. Unfa- 

 vorable, indeed, were the prospects of this volume; and we rejoice 

 that we have found friends to support and sustain us through it. 

 To them — one and all — we offer our congratulations. With the Fifth 

 Volume for 1839, we look for a large and widely extended circula- 

 tion. The same kindness, which has always assisted us, we hope 

 will be again exerted to enlist in our aid every friend or well-wisher 

 of Horticulture throughout the Union. The Magazine will be 

 published in same style and excellence, in which it has heretofore 

 appeared, and every effort made to give it that standard merit which, 

 alone, should entitle it to support. 



C. M. H. 



Boston, Mv. I5th, 1838. 



