

"^'^ PREFACE. 



This Ninth Volume of the Gardener's Magazine being the con- 

 cluding one of what may be called the First Series (because the 

 price, in future, will be reduced from 3*. 6d. to 2s. 6d. a Number), 

 we embrace the opportunity of taking a slight retrospective glance 

 at the work from its commencement, in order that we may notice, 

 in succession, what may be called the leading features of each 

 Volume. 



The First Volume, that for 1826, contains an enumeration of all, and an account 

 of most, of the European and American Works on Gardening, Agriculture, 

 Botany, &c., which had been published between the date of the second edition of the 

 Encyclopeedia of Gardening, in April, 1824, and the date of the commencement of 

 the Magazine. It also contains notices of the State of Gardening in every part of 

 the world, supplementary to the historical and statistical parts of the second 

 edition of the Encyclopaedia referred to, with numerous corrections for that work 

 generally. 



The Second Volume, that for 1827, is characterised by a comprehensive List of 

 "Works suitable for a Garden Library, with hints on the necessity of a superior 

 School Education for Gardeners (a subject enforced in the introduction to the First 

 Volume, p. 8. and 9. ) ; and by various papers on the importance of books, as 

 sources of professional information. 



The Third Volume, that for 1827-28, contains the history of Heating by Hot 

 Water, including a number of interesting details on the subject, not to be found 

 in any other work. 



The Fourth Volume, that for 1828, contains additional important matter on 

 Heating by Hot Water, and part of our Tour in France and Germany, with very 

 interesting information respecting the state of education among the gardeners and 

 agricultural labourers of the latter country. 



The Fifth Volume, that for 1 829, is characterised by a number of papers, having 

 for their object the promotion of Gardening Comforts among the Labouring 

 Population, and by various articles on Domestic Improvement, including one on 

 National Education, entitled " Parochial Institutions." 



The Sixth Volume, that for 1830, contains three valuable Essays on Cottage 

 Gardening (of which several thousands have been printed apart, and sold at cost 

 price), with some important papers on other departments of Rural, Domestic, and 

 Civil Economy ; all tending to the improvement of the labouring classes, and 

 more especially of Gardeners. This Sixth Volume also contains the evidence 

 relating to the ruinous management of the affairs of the Horticultural Society, 

 which led to the reform of that body. 



The Seventh Volume, that for 1831, contains anew modification of the Lists of 

 Plants supplementary to those in our Hortus Britannicus ; a table of plants for 

 producing a Representative System of the whole Vegetable Kingdom in a small 

 garden ; the continuation of our Tour in France (portions of which appeared 

 also in the Fifth and Sixth Volumes), and the commencement of a Tour in the 

 north of England and in Scotland. This Volume also contains a great accumu- 

 lation of valuable matter on the subject of Heating by Hot Water. 



In the Eighth Volume, that for 1 832, the supplementary Lists of Plants will be 

 found to have assumed a still more perfect form than before, in consequence of 

 improvements which suggested themselves, when completing the First Additi<mal 



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