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PEEFACE. 
;^X"~^ E heartily respect the good old customs of those who have 
^^ gone before us ; and as one of them consisted in paying, at the 
*/!«" as close of a periodical volume, a grateful tribute to the friends who had 
supported it, we prefer not to turn from the good old ways. Therefore, we 
^" tender to one and all of those who have in any way — whether as subscribers, 
contributors, or otherwise- — supported "The Gardeners' Magazine of Botany," 
our cordial thanks for the encouraging support by means of which we have pro- 
ceeded thus far in our course ; and this aid, while enabhng us to complete our 
first volume, under cordial assurance of approbation, inspii'es also the fullest con- 
fidence as to the future. 
On commencing our labours we took occasion to state, that it was not on any 
efforts or abilities of our o^vii that we depended for the position which this Magazine 
should assume in the ranks of Horticultural Literature ; but rather on the hearty 
promises of support we received from many of the best practical gardeners of this 
country. We may now add, that the measure of success to wliich we have attained 
is mainly attributable to the realization of these promises ; by that reahzation we 
have been enabled to present periodically a large amount of information, at once 
sound, practical, and interesting. 
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