Testimonials of the Press in favour of the Horticultural Magazine. 
" The great charm of this work is the practical 
character of the subjects of which it treats, and the 
plain and perspicuous manner in which they are 
treated. A perusal of the number is as refreshing as 
a walk in the country, and to the mere seeker of 
amusement must be interesting; to those who wish to 
become conversant with the most healthy and delight- 
ful science of gardening, it is invaluable. The 
periodical, as it now stands, is all that can be desired 
by the florist or gardener, and it is not without some 
pretensions to the botanists' notice." — Birmingham 
Journal. 
" It is well edited, and its treatises, small and large, 
are written so clearly and distinctly, that neither 
Gardener, Horticulturist, nor Amateur can well fail 
to understand them, or mistake the plain practical 
directions given." — Birmingham Advertiser. 
" This is a sound and practical work, and must soon 
become a vade mecuru with all lovers of the garden. 
Its advice and directions on every section of horticul- 
tural science are simply and satisfactorily given, 
particularizing the treatment of plants, flowers, &c. 
iu each month. We have read through its matter with 
great interest, and with, we hope, no little advantage 
also ; and so fully convinced are we of the truth and 
soundness of its rules, that we shall, in the manage- 
ment of our garden, make the Horticultural Magazine 
our text-book." — Sheffield Iris. 
" The Horticultural Magazine is in all respects a 
practical and eminently useful work ; an indispen- 
sable handbook to the amateur gardener and florist." 
— Sheffield Iris : second notice. 
" The Horticultural Magazine is very full of valuable 
information for practical gardeners. It gives an ample 
account of all the garden operations which are neces- 
sary in March ; and there is also a very interesting 
review of a work lately published on ' The Flowers 
and Plants of Scripture.' " — Ipswich Express. 
" Each number opens with that which ought to 
form the chief object in every instructor or adviser, 
' Practical Gardening,' and is followed by a great 
variety of elegantly-written matter, mingling the 
useful with the agreeable. We may remark, too, that 
forty-eight well-printed royal octavo pages, accom- 
panied by illustrative cuts, for a shilling, cannot be 
considered as dear. The editor, disregarding the 
prestige of a name, which too often only recommends 
inferior productions, has determined to remain incog- 
nito, and to trust to its merits alone for the success of 
his work. This is manly and disinterested, and we 
trust that it will be duly appreciated by the public." — 
Hereford Journal. 
" This is a new candidate for popular favour, and 
one that we can cordially commend. Each number 
opens with directions to practical gardening, opera- 
tions for the month, particularly as to the flower- 
garden, the greenhouse, the hothouse, shrubbery, the 
kitchen-garden, and so on : there are also admirable 
articles on the orchard pruning, forest trees, trans- 
planting, hybridizing, potato planting, landscape gar- 
dening, the properties of the flowers, new plants and 
flowers, and the like. The work is excellently illus- 
trated, and has moreover some well-written reviews." 
— Leicester Journal. 
" This work should be in the hands of every one 
who has the slightest penchant for Horticulture. The 
information upon Flowers, Fruits, the Kitchen Garden, 
&c. is extensive, aud derived from the highest sources. 
By its use, ladies and gentlemen may soon become 
Practical Florists and Gardeners. Every new PJant 
introduced, and every recent discovery, is found in its 
pages lucidly explained, and illustrated by numerous 
well-executed engravings."— Shropshire Conservative. 
" A new periodical on the ever pleasant subject of 
gardening, and full of practical matter, so clearly 
expressed as to be easily understood by persons who 
have never handled a spade or a rake in their lives." — 
Hampshire Advertiser. 
" The great excellency of this work is, that all the 
descriptions are of such a plain practical character, 
that the most unlearned in gardening operations may 
readily understand them. The articles are very nu- 
merous." — Hampshire Advertiser : second notice. 
" No one should neglect to have at hand, for con- 
stant reference, the Horticultural Magazine, for in it 
is contained every information required for the cur- 
rent month, in addition to a dense mass of matter 
relating to flowers and fruits in general." — Cheltenham 
Journal. 
" The Horticultural Magazine keeps up its character; 
the present number contains many valuable papers and 
directions for the practical gardener and floriculturist; 
the illustrations are excellent." — Rochester Gazette. 
" This is a new horticultural and floricultural Ma- 
gazine. Its contents are highly interesting to practical 
gardeners and florists — nay, even the amateur in both, 
or either, pursuits, will derive considerable informa- 
tion and instruction from a perusal of the various 
papers." — Yorhshireman. 
" The great and increasing interest which is being 
taken in the beautiful and attractive art of Horticulture, 
will no doubt secure for this work an amount of 
patronage beyond that to which it is entitled, from the 
great ability which seems to have been displayed in 
getting it up. It is illustrated with numerous and 
well-executed wood engravings ; and will, we have no 
doubt, prove a valuable acquisition to the lovers of the 
garden." — Exeter Gazette. 
"■ We have no hesitation in recommending it as a 
high gardening authority — quite of a practical cha- 
racter. Our country readers will not find themselves 
humbugged with far-fetched speculations in the sciences 
of chemistry and vegetable physiology ; they at once 
begin with practical instructions for the month — dig- 
ging, trenching, earthing, hoeing, drilling, planting, 
transplanting, sowing, weeding, clipping, and pruning. 
It is then time to look round the flower-garden ; and 
it is done minutely — every thing is inspected and 
spoken of. Then come the greenhouse, then the 
kitchen garden, the fruit garden, and orchard. This 
sort of preliminary direction clears the way for special 
subjects ; and we have vine culture ; application of 
manures ; rock work ; pruning forest trees ; horticul- 
tural buildings; hardy lilies (with lovely illustrations) ; 
transplanting ; hybridizing ; grafting ; potato plant- 
ing; with innumerable other practical subjects, all 
treated in a practical way. 
" The singleness of purpose, and exclusive profes- 
sional bent of this periodical, we cannot sufficiently 
admire. It is pruned of every superfluity — the very 
model of a gardener's oracle— and deserves a wide 
measure of success." — Renfrewshire Advertiser. 
" This new monthly periodical promises to be one 
of the most useful of its kind which has yet been issued. 
The combination of horticulture and floriculture is 
extremely judicious ; and the choice of subjects, which 
include full and clear directions for each month, 
equally so. Woodcuts are given where required. 
One of the most attractive papers in the numbers be- 
fore us, is on the early English style of landscape 
gardening, by Mr. Main." — Gloucestershire Chronicle. 
