THE 
FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
November 1 , 1840. 
PHILOSOPHY OF FLORICULTURE, 
TO THE EDITOR OF TH& FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
SiRj I am particularly fond of flowers, and cultivate for 
amusement as many as I can find room for on a rather limited 
spot of ground. ^ It is only those hours which I can snatch from 
professional engagements, that allow me time to attend to my beds 
and borders ; and yet I assure you I have sometimes a very splendid 
show. Though not a botanist, I am always delighted to visit 
gardens, and have certainly seen many of the most celebrated 
establishments of the kind in this country, and always with in¬ 
creasing pleasure. But I must acknowledge that floriculture is 
my hobby, and merely, perhaps, because I have not space for the 
introduction of any other branch of the art. 
My practice being on a small scale, I make up for my want of 
scope by reading every book I can lay hands on, especially those 
which treat of floriculture ; and therefore it was that I hailed the 
appearance of the Florist’s Journal, to which I have been a sub¬ 
scriber since its commencement, and shall, I dare say, continue to 
be as long as it yields that information and amusement which it 
has done hitherto. 
Its descriptions and various suggestions for the improvement 
of flowers and flower-gardens are the leading characteristics of the 
work ; and, as there is a wide field before you for such discussions, 
I am in hopes of seeing a progressive improvement of the journal 
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