Testimonials of the Press infeivour of the Horticultural Magazine. 
The writers make it their rule to premise that their 
readers know nothing about the subject they treat of, 
so they begin with the beginning, and tell them 
minutely what is to be done. The topics treated of 
in these two numbers are very -various and interesting, 
and with the aid of this Magazine few will need any 
other assistant beyond physical strength in the ma- 
nagement of their gardens. Woodcuts are introduced 
■where required for the purpose of explanation or 
illustration." — Somerset County Gazette. 
" Of the Horticultural Magazine we can conscien- 
tiously express our unqualified approbation ; it is an 
extremely valuable publication, and will no doubt 
become, as it well deserves to be, the Gardener and 
Practical Florist's organ and oracle. The papers are 
carefully written, the information varied and correct, 
and the illustrations numerous and well executed."— 
Maidstone Journal. 
" The Horticultural Magazine is a respectable 
monthly devoted to the pursuit to which its title refers. 
The articles are above the standard of horticultural 
literature. The literary notices are well written." — 
Derbyshire Courier. 
" The value of this periodical is likely to be much 
increased by some papers on 'Landscape Gardening,' 
of which one appears in the present number. A notice 
of Maria Calcott's 'Flowers and Plants of Scripture' 
is interesting. The woodcuts are very good ;. and 
altogether the work promises well." — Great Western 
Advertiser. 
" The information it communicates is given in 
a clear and practical form. It is well adapted to 
render the operations of the garden not only intelli- 
gible but attractive, both to amateurs and professional 
cultivators, and to popularise a subject which, almost 
more than any other, is entitled to encouragement. 
The editor has only to continue his endeavours to 
fulfil the promise he makes in his prospectus, and his 
work will be as much esteemed as it will be useful 
and interesting." — Gloucester Journal. 
"We heartily recommend this Magazine. The in- 
formation is varied and valuable— nothing that is 
useful seems to have been lost sight of. The Horti- 
cultural notes are the best we have ever seen. Taken 
as a whole, the Horticultural Magazine is the most 
useful in the range of publications devoted to horti- 
culture in general." — Shrewsbury Journal. 
" Our horticultural friends should not be without 
this work ; they will find it both useful and improv- 
ing. We can cordially recommend it." — Wakefield 
Journal. 
" This is a very useful Magazine, not only for the 
professional but the amateur garden." — Doncasler 
Gazette. 
" This periodical contains a large quantity of infor- 
mation : very clear directions for beginners ; novelties 
for the experienced. It is exceedingly well done." — 
Gloucestershire Chronicle. 
" The articles in this Magazine contain a great 
amount of useful and interesting information to prac- 
tical and amateur gardeners and florists, and its pages 
also prove that careful attention is given to supply 
such articles as are ever found agreeable to general 
readers. The wood engravings of plants and flowers 
with which it is embellished, are likewise deserving of 
warm commendation, and will afford much assistance 
to students in the sciences of Horticulture and Botany ; 
as a candidate, therefore, for a share of public favour, 
its pretensions will be found deserving of a very kind 
and liberal consideration." — Preston Pilot. 
" A most excellent and practically valuable depot of 
intelligence in the particular branch of science to 
which the publication more immediately relates, and 
which we can with full confidence recommend to our 
readers." — Somerset County Herald. 
" For all useful purposes, there is not, of its class, a 
better Magazine published than the Horticultural. 
Divested of crude theorems and botanical techni- 
calities, it recommends itself to general perusal, when 
others, more aspiring, eschew the vade mecum (espe- 
cially the attribute of the work before us), and adapt 
themselves for the seclusion of the closet. The articles 
on practical gardening, on plants under glass, in the 
conservatory and hothouse, in the kitchen and fruit 
gardens ; its reviews, and notes from eminent horti- 
culturists, on novelties in the flower department, toge- 
ther with its excellent illustration?, — all combine to 
make this publication as much sought for as it is 
deservedly read." — Taunton Courier. 
" The Horticultural Magazine is well conducted, and 
presents an agreeable variety of matter. Its style is 
sufficiently untechnical to interest ordinary readers— 
a great merit, in our eyes." — Derbyshire Courier. 
""As a practical work for the use of horticulturists 
and private or amateur gardeners, we know of none 
better than this." — Birmingham Advertiser. 
" If there be any of our plant and flower fanciers 
who have not this periodical at hand, they will lose 
many exellent suggestions which are not to be readily 
met with elsewhere. At this season the informa- 
tion which it contains is particularly valuable on the 
many subjects which it so satisfactorily discusses ; 
and, did we quote what we wish, we would transfer 
almost every chapter to our columns." — Sheffield Iris. 
" The Horticultural Magazine, amid much that is 
interesting to the Horticulturist, contains a fair pro- 
portion of matter which may be read with advantage 
by all classes. The article on " Waste-land Planting," 
by Mr. Grigor, of Norwich — to whom, our readers 
will remember, the Royal Society's prize for an essay 
on 'Fences' has just been adjudged — is well written, 
and full both of instruction and interest." — Derbyshire 
Courier. 
" This illustrated periodical is devoted to Practical 
Gardening. It is, therefore, particularly fitted for 
amateurs, to whom its contents are chiefly addressed. 
It has a great variety of information on the flower 
garden, the greenhouse, the conservatory, the kitcheu 
garden, the fruit garden, &c. The articles are not too 
learned or too long, and therefore they will be intel- 
ligible to ordinary people." — Somerset County Gazette, 
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