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PART V. 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE, 
ON NATURAL- HISTORY, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL AFFAIRS. 
I.— QUERIES, ANSWERS, REMARKS, &c. 
Hints fob the Register. — Gentlemen, a thought has just occurred to me 
which may be of use to you. I perceive an erratum in your last number, and I 
frequently see on the cover of the Register, (as well as on the covers of many 
other periodicals,) information that relates to the body of the work : now, it 
would be a great improvement, I think, if such matters as refer to communications 
were printed on white paper, and nothing whatever inserted upon the green co- 
ver, but that which we could at any time easily part with. When the numbers 
that shall form the first volume are bound together, we must of course lose the 
green cover, and with it, all the information that has been printed thereon. I 
would likewise suggest, that each of your correspondents should examine their 
respective communications, and make any alterations that might improve them, or 
correct any mistaken ideas, or rectify any little errors (if necessary) that may 
have escaped your notice ; and let the same be sent to you in time for the printing 
of the number that shall complete Vol.1, (and also each succeeding volume,) to 
be subjoined to the glossarial index, with reference to page and line. This would 
render the Horticultural Register more perfect than any work of the kind. 
I am. Gentlemen, &o. 
A Bkicklayers' Labourer. 
Remarks. — Gentlemen, I have derived much pleasure, and a considerable quan- 
tum of valuable information, from the perusal of your publication ; — most heartily 
do I wish you success in the undertaking. To ensure this, the interest which 
your subscribers now take in the work must I)e kept up ; this can only be effected 
by a succession of information, useful as well as amusing. 
Your publication is read by many, but more particularly by those, who being 
tyros in the art of horticulture, &c. are anxious to obtain the best information on 
such subjects at a cheap and easy rate. For instance, I know several working 
gardeners who are your subscribers, and ; wiio have not liad the advantages of 
noblemen's gardens to give them experience ; to such men, and I think, to your 
readers generally, your proposed memoirs will afford little amusement, and no 
useful information. If I might be allowed to offer advice, I would recommend in 
lieu, articles on the best varieties of our common out-of-door frnits, such as 
Peaches, Nectarines, &c., with the most approved way of cultivating and pruning 
them, to be illustrated by correct plans, with references, showing how the pruning 
should be performed. I lay much stress upon this latter point, as I feel confident 
that, excepting among first-rate gardeners, pruning is but little iinderslood. I 
have conversed with a great many gardeners, very few of whom couid give me 
any good reason for the use of the knife on any specific branch ; and I need hardly 
point out the advantages resulting from a correct and inoi e diffuse knowledge of 
this particular subject. 
