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^cient water, for who would allow a favorite plant to thirst for water! 

 Do not water the plants while the sun is on them, but prefer watering 

 on the surface of the pot in the morning and the foliage in the evening. 



Our Friends and our Censors. 



How many friends can the "Florist" reckon 1 — we dare not tell. 

 How many censors can we enumerate?. — we do not wish to say; those 

 we have are severe. We do not thank Snooks or Jones for their of- 

 ficious advice — nor indeed do we value the flattery tendered by Smith 

 and Brown ; we cannot sell it nor trade it — it is not marketable. "Of 

 all who tickle when they touch, clothed in rags or dressed in ermine, 



Baltimore, April 7, 1852. 

 Dear Sir — I am in receipt of a prospectus of the"Philada. Florist,' , 

 and approve highly of the design. I will do all in my power towards 

 its circulation in this vicinity, and I doubt not will find you a few 

 subscribers. ... I shall embrace every opportunity of 

 bringing it before the notice of gardeners and amateurs. W. S. 



Meadville, May 3, 1852. 

 Dear Sir — I gladly received your first number of "Philada. Florist" 

 on Saturday. I have only had time to look at it, not read it, so I 

 have nothing of criticism to offer. In lieu of that, I send you six 

 subscribers, with six dollars. J. M. 



" The Philadelphia Florist," is the title of a new Magazine, devot- 

 ed to Horticulture, Botany, &c, just started in this city by a commit- 

 tee of practical gardeners, under the editorial charge of R. R. Scott. 

 The contents of the first number are spirited, and if the Magazine is 

 continued as it has begun, will greatly advantage those engaged in 

 the cultivation of flowers. — Do/. Newspaper. 



" The Philadelphia Florist and Horticultural Journal." The first 

 number of a new monthly periodical with this title, has just made its 

 appearance, bearing upon its face the evidence, we think, of success. 

 It is an exceedingly well got-up work, and the editor is a practical 

 gardener, who understands, perhaps, the aims and objects of such a 

 publication, and the way to accomplish them as well as any other 

 man. The initial number, we repeat, has a character about it which 

 we much like, and which we are very certain will secure for the work 

 that degree of support which will not only secure its permanency, but 

 also remunerate properly the undertaking. When we say that the 

 price of it is only one dollar a year, it is to be presumed that no gar- 

 dener, or those who have a garden, will fail to pay it. — Germ. Tel. 



"The Philadelphia Florist" is the title of a new monthly Magazine, 

 devoted to Horticulture, Botany, and the kindred sciences. This is 

 a work which should be in the hands of every Botanical student and 

 practical gardener in the country. It supplies a desideratum long 

 needed by the lovers of Horticulture, and from the excellence of the 

 y% initial number now before us, will, no doubt, supply in future num- 

 £ bers that variety of information so generously and judiciously put forth 



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