January is, 1877. JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



TO OUR READERS, 



" In wishing ' ray friends and benefactors ' the compliments of the season, I cannot exclude from 

 amongst that class the Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, a paper that is inexpressibly dear to me, 

 for frorn it I have derived profit and pleasure. Therefore permit me to tender to you my mite of thanks 

 for the year that is about to pass away ; and heartily do I hope, that in the new year which is about to 

 open, your Journal may be appreciated still more and more by the horticultural world. "Wishing hap- 

 piness, long life, and prosperity to the Journal of Horticulture and its Editors, I am — A Young Gaedenek." 



Such is one of the niany greetings we have received ; and as they have secured the aid that will 

 render the Journal as useful and as trustworthy as in past years, the same hope as is expressed by 

 " A Young Gardener " is entertained confidently by 



THE OLD EDITORS. 



Dec, 30th. 



