EDITORIAL MISCELLANY. 



FOKEIGX AND DOMESTIC, 



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In appealing before the Terra- Cultural people of these broad and fer* 

 tile United States, we are acutelv conscious of the magnitude of the re- 

 sponsibility we have assumed. The want of a magazine like the present, 

 combining the practical and ornamental branches of Horticulture, has 

 induced us to embark in the enterprise, confidently relying for patronage 

 and support on those whose interest both pecuniarily and beatifically we 

 shall, endeavor to enhance. In order that our success may be placed be- 

 yond peiadventure, it will be imperative that we receive the kindly influ- 

 ence of those whose special interests are dependent on the progress of 

 Horticulture. A large number of subscribers will be necessary before 

 profits can be indulged in, as the exceedingly low price of the Review 

 reduces our remuneration to decimals. In deciding upon a tariff, we 

 have been instigated by a desire to place the Review within the means 

 of attainment of every individual w^hose sovereignty boasts the possession 

 cf even a rood of tillable soil. 



Our knowledge of Horticulture is not that of the amateur, but the 

 gleanings consequent iipon an intimate association with tree-growing and 

 tree-planting, in a commercial establishment, whose luxurious attributes 

 first delighted and refreshed our infancy ; and which in later years has 

 ripened into an admiration for nature's products, almost inseparable from 

 our delectation. A stranger to Horticulturists, outside of a limited local- 

 ity, compels us to this formal introduction and ebullition of egotism^ 

 Unhesitatingly we make the confession, that the tutorship of the lament- 

 ed Downing, has added a zest to our love of gardening which would 

 otherwise have been realized in some Jess ambitious pursuit. Mr. Dow^n- 

 ing's lucubrations were the nuclei from which have sprung the kindly 

 growth that is so rapidly beautifying the banks of our rivers, the hill-top 

 and secluded valley. It was his eloquent pen thai first lifted the veil 

 from our eyes and directed mind and vision to the delightful and health- 

 ful pursuit of the beautiful in nature, with which a kind Providence has 



