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THE FLORIST. 
SO responsible, have freely given their time and their money for . 
the establishment of a work of the highest respectability, with the 
sole view and intent of promoting the science of floriculture and 
the advantage of others rather than of themselves. 
F. R. Horner, M.D. 
No better time than the present to prepare for the future : Nature 
sets us the example ; in this time of rest is the renewal of strength. 
We shall not be wanting to our readers, if they are not wanting to 
themselves. We cordially wish them all a happy new year, and 
much pleasure from a perusal of The Florist over a cheerful fire, 
“ When icicles hang by the wall, 
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, 
And Tom bears logs into the hall. 
And milk comes frozen home in pail.” 
