IV PREFACE. 



The next Volume will contain several improvements. One 

 additional feature, of no little interest, will be a Foreign Corres- 

 pondence, which will appear in nearly every number, giving an 

 account of the new methods of heating — brief descriptions of 

 new flowers and fruits which are introduced into Great Britain 

 — and notices of horticultural exhibitions. A series of articles 

 on hardy trees and shrubs, describing the most ornamental and 

 desirable, will be commenced. This we have had some time in 

 contemplation, and with the increasing attention which is now 

 devoted to plantations of trees for shade and ornament, we hope 

 to make it valuable to all our readers. Engravings of a great 

 number of new pears will appear, besides illustrations of modes 

 of heating, plans of green-houses, &c. And when, in addition 

 to these, we mention the notes of our tour among the gardens 

 and nurseries in the vicinity of the cities of London, Paris, and 

 Edinburgh, the past summer and autumn, we shall endeavor to 

 make the New Volume one of the most acceptable we have yet 

 published. 



The dissemination of information, on all subjects connected 

 with Horticulture, was the object and purpose for which the 

 Magazine was established. How far the promises we held out 

 at its commencement have been fulfilled, we leave to our read- 

 ers to decide. If valuable Original contributions from our many 

 correspondents — Reviews of all useful works — and the glean- 

 ings of Foreign publications, united to our own zeal and devotion 

 to the science, could accomplish this, we feel confident of the 

 result. 



In conclusion, we must again call upon our many friends who 

 have cheered us through the long period of ten years, to renew 

 their exertions in our favor. From all our correspondents we 

 trust we may still expect additional aid; for their past kindness, 

 we return them our sincere thanks. 



C. M. H. 

 Boston, Dec. 2, 1844. 



