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As a correspondent, I. C, K., Ijuk sug’^ested your endeavouring; to learn the 
opinion of the majority of your subscribers iii respect of giving- portraits, I beg- 
to say, I am one of those who would prefer seeing- a eoloured fig-ure now and 
then (if it could be compassed by so cheap a publication as yours,) of some fine 
plant, or a plate of Florists’ Howers, like the one in Loudon’s Gardener’s Maga¬ 
zine, No. 11. page 332, or if more economical, two or three Howers grouped 
together, to that of portraits. 
I think the idea of your corespondents, C. B. &. B., on keeping each subject 
distinct, (even if bound up ijf^one volume,) if it could be accomplished, a good 
one. I think it would also be an acquisition to many, if, in your reviews of Bo¬ 
tanical works, the continuance in bloom of those flowers you would recontmend as 
showy and ornamental, was given, as persons having only small collections, are 
anxious to have those that continue longest in bloom; and perhaps it would be a 
little improvement if the month vva.s printed at the top of the pages devoted to the 
Naturalist’s and Horticultural Calendars, as well as at the beginning of these ar¬ 
ticles, for easier reference when bound up. 
Merely throwing hastily together the above hints, as points for the considera¬ 
tion of your superior judgment, and with every wish for the success of your work, 
I am Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
Feln'uari/Q, 1832. G. W. E. 
Remabks. —Gentlemen, as in your introduction, you invite communications, I 
proceed without further ceremony to state what occurs to me on a regular perusal 
of your work. I take No. 1, commencing at page 22, I find little more than a 
list of names,—what advantage you expect Horticulture will derive from such lists, 
without any explanation of the nature and quality of the plants contained in them, 
1 know not. 
In your introduction to the Monthly Horticultural Calendar, you state your 
intention to give instructions where it is found necessary, as to the mode of per-. 
formiug the operations. To men of your acquirements, few instructions would be 
required, but to men like myself, (retired tradesmen) instructions how to do the 
work, is as important as the knowledge that the work ought to be done. 
Since I left my shop in the Strand, gardening has been my greatest amusement. 
I employ a gardener and two assistants. The gardener ha^s been 3-5 yiears in the 
garden, and whenever I ask him to raise anything that he do(^ 'r.yt understand, 
I am always met with this reply,—“The soil wo’nt answer.” 1 took your second 
number in my hand, and made one of the assistants dress one of my Asparagus 
beds, as directed at page 73, which gave the old man great o(Fetfce, but we shall 
see. Your obedient servant, 
A Retired Tradesman. 
Answer. —Our correspondent is aware that one reason for giving little more than 
the names of plants in our Reviews of the Botanical Works, is to save room. Our 
wish is, to inform our readers of all new plants as soon as they appear, with the 
colour of the flower, &c., and w-hether they are worthy of cullivation,—whic’i 
were we to do at full length, such accounts would of themselves fill up the numbers. 
With regard to the Calendar, any information wanted, we shall be happy to coiUr 
municate through the pages of our Register. 
Conductors, 
Remarks on No. (>.—Gentlemen, 1 have got and read the Cth number of your 
Register. I do not like it so well as your preceding numbers. Your leading 
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