II tills to the Conductors of iJie llorticultvtdl Register. 55 
tion. I expect to see it the monthly companion of our artizans, and to 
hear its pages read over carefully, and its contents examined in most of 
the little summer-houses on Mapperley-Hills, or the sides of our ancient 
forest, for we are here Horticulturiits and Floriculturists to a great ex- 
tent : and our Frame-work-knitters and Twist-hands, when they have 
completed the labours of the day, adjourn to their hundred yards of land 
on the outside of the town to superintend the blowing of an auricula or 
a tulip, to mark the first folding of the leaves of a cabbage, or the gra- 
dual growth of a favouiite cucumber ; each vying with his neighbour in 
producing the best or largest specimen. Of the latter plant, the cucum- 
ber, I will just mention, that the soil here is remarkable for producing 
the most prolific crops in the open ground, and also, that we are full as 
much noted for our early radishes, having them in the market long 
before our neighbours at Derby have any ready to draw. Perhaps an 
inquiry into the nature of our soil and climate, may at some future time 
be a welcome communication to your Magazine, at present I shall con- 
fine myself to the hints I mentioned. 
First, — Would it not be well in your Work, to give every month some 
general directions for what should he done in a small garden, the ensuing 
month — that is, in th.e remainder of the month in which the number 
appears? not in the long, dry, dog-trot manner of our present books on 
Gardenmg, which are calculated for every year, but in a way most con- 
genial to the season, and the weather of the preceding month; as for 
instance, from the general appearance of the gardens in this 'present 
month of June, and the state of the weather towards the latter end, to 
point out what could most profitably be done in July. This would be a 
new feature, and I think a useful and interesting one ; and if well ma- 
naged, (of which I have not the least doubt) would tend greatly to extend 
the circulation of your Work. 
Second, — It would be well from time to time, to give a few directions 
for the laying out of a small tradesman's garden, and for stocking it with 
such things as will not only be profitable and useful, but ornamental also ; 
not that I anticipate much profit beyond the preservation of health in 
the cultivation of any garden on a small scale, on the contrary, I care 
not if every cabbage or cauliflower costs treble the price it might 
be bought for in the market, but I build on a much greater charm, 
that of saying, while we hand it to our friends at a Sunday's dinner, 
" This is my own growing," and consequently every one will agree 
that it is much better than any that could be bought in the market. To 
assist the poor stockinger in this kind of culture, will be conferring a 
benefit upon him, for which he will feel grateful, and like all other 
benefits, its blessings will fall also upon yourselves. 
I think your Prospectus does not mention except cursorily, any-thing 
of Landscape Gardening. I sincerely hope this will not be lost sight 
