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ADVERTISEMENT. 
equal to any that have preceded it ; the plates are finished in a 
very superior manner, and the subjects have been so selected, that 
individuals possessing only ordinary apparatus, may grow many of 
them to as great, or even greater perfection than the specimens from 
which our drawings were made ; these, to say the least of them, serve 
to show what rapid advances have of late years been made by practical 
men in the art as well as the science of Floriculture. 
In the present volume scientific subjects occupy a prominent position. 
Amongst these may be mentioned articles on Temperature, Meteorology, 
Characteristics of the Seasons, Winter Repose of Plants, and Functions 
of Foliage. The practical directions also are liberally interspersed, 
especially relative to such plants as are considered difficult to cultivate ; 
indeed, it has been our aim to blend Science and Art so intimately 
together that reasons for every direction will be apparent to all our 
readers. And as it is our earnest wish to maintain inviolable that good 
feeling and mutual understanding which has for so many years been 
established, we shall always feel the greatest pleasure in availing ourselves 
of every facility for rendering the " Magazine of Botany " still more 
extensively useful : and thus relying upon a continuation of the kindness 
which has hitherto been so liberally bestowed, we again commence our 
labours with renewed energy and delight. 
Chatsworth, 
December 2Qth t 1847. 
