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suited the pecuniary condition of that numerous class of the community — thtr 
working people ; so that it may come within the reach of every inhabitant of the 
British Empire. — This is unquestionably conferring upon the public a great, and 
a lasting benefit. You have judged wisely, too, in not confining your Magazine 
to Gardening alone, but, by opening its pages to inquiries and communications on 
the interesting and important subjects of Natural History and Rural Economy 
generally, you must secure to your work the attention of a numerous and multifa- 
rious class of readers and contributors. The benefit which will therefore ensue from 
the Horticultural Register will be spread over a large portion of the community. 
But in order to render your work what, from your prospectus you evidently 
wish it to be — a practical and useful manual to the gardener, and the student of 
nature, to that numerous class especially, who have little leisure and fewer 
means of procuring and reading large expensive works; I wish to impress on 
your minds, and also on the minds of your liberal correspondents the absolute ne- 
cessity there is, of consulting in every article, the greatest possitde simpliciti/ both 
of expression and arrangetnent. Let the Conductors and Writers of the Horticul- 
tural Register keep this principle steadily in view, and I venture it as my decided 
opinion, that the work will shortly become not only the most popular, but what 
is still better, the rnost really useful periodical of its kind, in this country. How 
many thousands are there buried in the solitude and sequestered scenes of the 
country, who would hail with delight such an instructor every month. The far 
greater portion of the inhabitants of this beautiful and picturesque Island have 
been deterred from studying those interesting subjects of Natural History with 
which it so largely abounds, by the technicalities of arbitrary classificatioii. — 
These, to the multitude, prove the bane of study. How many, who had an ardent 
desire for the investigation of the surrounding objects of nature, have been driven 
from the pursuit, solely from the harsh sounds of hard names I If you, Gentle- 
men, write with the constant view of being clearly understood by those of your 
readers, whose previous acquaintance goes no further than the mere elements of 
the subjects, depend upon it, your success is sure ; and I would here suggest the 
utility of invariably annexing to the scientific name of every object of Natural 
History, its corresponding English name, and when practicable, some of its most 
common provincial designations. The interest of the general reader would thus 
be secured, and he would not be driven from reading the description of an object. 
as he, too commonly is, under the stern and uncomplying power of artificial sys- 
tems, by the employment of unexplained terms from the Greek and Latin lan- 
guages. 
I wish not to trespass on your valuable pages by unnecessarily extending this 
communication; but permit me to express the pleasure which I have felt in peru- 
sing most of the articles of your interesting and useful publication. May I just 
hint that a little extension of the Naturalist's Calendar would be very acceptable. 
That article, to one like myself, (and many of your readers, I doubt not, are but 
just beginning to study nature in right earnest,) is of great and practical value. 
I was glad to find in your last number an article from the pen of one, who cer- 
tainly ranks among the first of living Naturalists — Professor Rennie. May we 
be favoured often with productions from his instructive pen. 
With best wishes for your success, I am, Gentlemen, yours, most respectfully, 
Bfnenden,' Kent, Sept. 7, 1831. Geo. Bdckland. 
Remarks on the Naturalist's CALENnAB. — Genilemen, 1 was much pleased 
with your article in the last number, entitled Naturalists' Caleiidfir, and the re- 
