THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 
July 1st, 1831. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Ox the inti'oduction of a new periodical in the present day, wlien 
publications of almost every description so greatly abound, there may 
appear at fli'st sight considerable difficulty to explain the moti\'es which 
have induced the Conductors of the Horticultural Register, to add to 
the number of those akeady in print, by bringing before the public what 
may seem an unneccessary woi-k. As we feel ourselves thus called 
upon to state the reasons of presentation, we shall endeavour to do 
so, in as brief and explicit a manner as we can. 
In compljdng with the customary formality of a preface, we con- 
ceive it unnecessary to pursue the visual method of Editors, by at- 
tempting to prove the decided advantages and enjoyments, afforded 
by attention to the arts or subjects upon which they treat. The 
subjects comprised in the present Work, will embrace every thing 
valuable and usefid in Horticulture, Natiu-al History, and Rural 
Economy; and judging from the almost universal, and increasing 
pursuit after an extended acquaintance ^nth these, we are fully satis- 
fied, that to dilate on their being advantageous, and affording enjoy- 
ment, would, in the present enlightened age, be an unpardonable 
presumption : for it is an admitted, because an indisputable fact, that 
an extensive acquaintance with these subjects on which we propose to 
treat, is both of real utility, and peculiarly pleasing. 
It is evident that a taste for Horticulture, in all its branches, both 
of Vegetable Culture, and Propagation, also Landscape and Archi- 
tectural Gardening, has, within the last twenty years, very rapidly 
increased, and a corresponding improvement has consequently at- 
tended it; for at no period of time has it reached so high a state of 
perfection as the present. This has been effected in a great measure 
by the readiness of Garden Proprietors, in general, to afford facilities 
to their Gardeners, in order to encourage them to attempt at improve- 
ments, and the results of the labovu" of these practical Gardeners, and 
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