July 17, 1834. ] 
TO OUR READERS. 
Again it is our pleasure, on the addition of one more to the many preceding volumes of this .Journal, to expiess our appreciation 
of the work of our many friends who have assisted so effectively in its preparation. 
In congratulating them on the excellence of their productions—the reflex of sound and successful practice—we also congratulate 
ourselves that, with one lamentable exception, the late Mr. Alexander Honeyman, our old friends remain with us , aLo that n^w one 
of promise are enrolled in our ranks. 
It will not he inappropriate to refer here to the great bond of sympathy that exists between the readers, writers, and Editors of 
this Journal, as was exemplified in connection with the melancholy occurrence above alluded to, and we iejoic^ to state that the 
and fatherless have been cheered and benefited during the past half year. 
We can state nothing that can be more acceptable to all than that Mrs. Honeyman has been placed in a position to bring up 
her family in a befitting manner, mainly by the aid of the sum that was contributed—namely, £141 5s. id. 
We have peculiar pleasure in making this announcement, as it enables us to feel that our pages have been useful, and we thank 
one and all equally and heartily—the students in horticulture and frugal self-sacrificing gardeners for their mites, and the affluent for 
their substantial offerings. 
While the past has not proved barren, we are confident there is “good in the future’’-mutual help in any difficulty that 
may arise, and the communication of knowledge that will render our work, as heretofore, satisfactory to ourselves and to our 
numerous and discriminating constituents. 
