The Annals of Horticulture is unquestionably the most appropriate 
title that can be given to a volume which contains the most authentic and 
interesting records appertaining to the various branches of the Science, and, so 
far as can be gathered, all the improvements, and useful novelties in the 
practice, the means, and the productions of British gardens. The fact, with 
which many amateur and professional Gardeners are acquainted, of the work 
having appeared in numbers, as the " Horticultural Magazine," in nowise 
interferes with the application of another title to the finished volume, nor is its 
value as a library book thereby affected, inasmuch as nothing ephemeral, 
nothing of mere temporary interest, or of doubtful merit, has been admitted to 
its pages. 
It may be observed, that the pens of some of the most popular writers 
of the day are engaged in this Miscellany ; and a reference to the various 
Treatises, on the Rose, Lily, Stock, Wallflower, Balsam, Passion-flower, 
Fuchsia, Nasturtium, Amaryllis, Cineraria, Holly, Campanula, Calceolaria, 
Geranium, Crataegus, Melon, Grape, Peach, Pear, Potato, &c. &c, will convince 
the most fastidious critic of the practical talent concentrated in the work ; 
while the descriptive flower lists will render it at all times a most valuable and 
indispensable companion to the lover of flowers and the cultivator of gardens. 
The " Practical Gardening" for every month in the year, although in some 
respects necessarily like preceding directions, has the merit of combining the 
