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pARDENEI^S’ yVloNTHLY, 
A MAGAZINE devoted to 
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THOMAS MEEHAN, Editor. , 
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GEORGE LUGE-- ^AU ^ ^ 
Knowing of your interest in the subject matters treated in our maga- 
zine, we send herewith a SAMPLE COPY, hoping it may be so far \ 
appreciated as to entitle it to a monthly appearance on your table. ^ 
It aims only at the TRUTH in Horticultural discussion ; not more to 
teach than to be taught in return. Within its monthly issue of 32 pages of 
reading matter is sought to record the^best attainable information and 
discussion. Its “ correspondence ” and and Queries’* departments Y 
especially welcome criticism adverse to “ editorial,” where such exists. 
We would hope its pages bear evidence that our sincere objects are aid to %he 
novice and. student, companionship to the scholar, and a treasuring up in its pages of the 
stock of real knowledge; SO that, besides answering with its current numbers 
to the present needs of its readers it may also, in its volume form, be entitled 
to a just reputation among works of reference, as a repository of facts 
and a record of progress. 
The SERIES of FIFTEEN VOLUMES issued up to the close of 1873, each 
with its exhaustive index, touches almost every possible point of inquiry in 
the field of Horticulture. Our 32 pages reading matter are free from the 
offense of advertising, directly or indirectly. All advertising is confined to the 
supplementarj^ pages devoted wholly to that purpose. In the reading 
columns we can honestlj’ assure subscribers they need not fear a masked 
advertisement when they are looking for disinterested criticism. 
Hoping these statements may induce such examination and inquiry 
as will result in giving us the pleasure of your subscription for one year, 
^lam yours, respectfully, 
V CHAS. H. MAEOT, Publisher, 
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