PREFACE. 



The Eleventh Volume of the Magazine commences the First of 

 a New Series, or Decade, in order to accommodate new subscrib- 

 ers, who do not wish to possess the entire work. 



A reference to the table of contents will show at a glance the 

 variety of information contained in this volume. The principal 

 papers are those containing the notes and details of our tour in Eu- 

 rope, which we trust have been found as interesting and instructive 

 as any thing we could present to our readers; these will be com- 

 pleted in the Twelfth Volume. Besides the places yet remaining 

 to be noticed around London, are some of the most extensive pri- 

 vate residences, public gardens and nurseries, which we visited in 

 Scotland. The articles on the construction of forcing pits and 

 green-houses, will be found of much value, and with what we shall 

 ourselves have to offer in the next volume, will supply the amateur 

 with all the more recent and approved modes of building and heat- 

 ing garden structures of all kinds. The introduction of the im- 

 proved forms of boilers, and their more economical consumption of 

 fuel, will greatly lessen the expense of heating, — an item of much 

 importance, in our severe climate. A continuation of our article 

 on new fruits enumerates twelve varieties of pears, of which en- 

 gravings have been given. The Reviews of New Books, and the 

 Miscellaneous Intelligence in the Eleventh Volume, will be found 

 highly interesting. 



The details of our European tour, have prevented us from fulfill- 

 ing some of the promises we made in our last volume; but we now 

 are glad to state that we have the engravings under preparation, and 

 shall present in an early number of the next volume, our first arti- 

 cle on our hardy trees and shrubs. The favorable season for pears 

 has also enabled us to make many acquisitions to our collection of 

 drawings, and we shall figure and describe some new and choice 

 varieties in the Twelfth Volume. 



Relying upon the aid of our amateur friends, we hope to add in- 

 creased interest to our pages, and render the Magazine a record of 

 every improvement in Horticultural Science. 



C. M. H. 



Boston, Dec. 1, 1845. 



