the journal of horticulture and Cottash Gardener, January 7,1m ] 
TO OUR HEADERS. 
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As will, we trust, be recognised by a glance at the accompanying index, the matter in our pages during 
the latter half of the year 1891 has not been less varied thin in previous volumes. We have reason to 
believe, also, judging by the estimates of many readers who have spontaneously expressed their opinion, that 
in interest and usefulness the reputation of the Journal of Horticulture is fully sustained. 
To all who have shared in completing the volume so satisfactorily we desire to tender our hearty 
thanks, and to record our appreciation ot their services in supplying information and affording instruction 
for distribution over the whole wide world of Gardening. 
While we deeply regret that some of our friends and associates have been called to rest from their 
labours after doing good work in Gardening and for Gardeners, we gratefully remember that the whole of our 
immediate coadjutors remain to aid us in creating a wider interest in Horticulture, and striving for higher 
excellence in the cultivation of plants and crops that enrich our gardens and beautify our homes. 
In this work we shall continue to engage; and knowing we have as helpers men of ripe experience 
in every branch, with younger practitioners of bright promise, we look forward in full confidence that as 
progress is reported week by week the approval of our friends—wealthy patrons of Gardening, earnest 
amateurs and professional workers, old and young—will be secured. 
It is gratifying to observe that more and more attention is being given to Gardening. It is included 
in the scheme of Technical Education by many public authorities. Schoolmasters and teachers are being 
taught in order that they may the more effectively give lessons in scientific and practical Horticulture 
in schools; evening lectures are also attended by all classes of the community, the affluent and the sons 
of toil taking lively interest in the proceedings, and a true horticultural spirit is being aroused that 
will not easily subside. 
Our “ Technical Education Scheme ” is of a different character, and we trust it will stimulate to the 
acquisition of the best information procurable on certain specified subjects of general importance, and that this 
information will be conveyed in acceptable literary form. 
That there is a brighter future for Gardening and for practical, intelligent, accomplished Gardeners is 
the hope, desire, and belief of the Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, who wish to reciprocate the 
good wishes and kind greetings of a host of friends. 
