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is to ask the cooperation of florists in more distant parts of the 
kingdom that we now write. We shall feel grateful to all Se¬ 
cretaries of Societies who will furnish us with reports of their 
shows, and we invite them to a correspondence with us—anything 
in our power shall be done cheerfully: most particularly, we 
beg that all reports may be accompanied with the names of the 
winning flowers, as from the data we intend most carefully to 
collect during’ the season ; of all kinds of florist’s flowers we an- 
ticipate furnishing our readers with such a table of reference that 
we trust will in a very great measure prevent many from falling 
into that most unpleasant difficulty, disappointment from the 
selection of flowers. 
We know that a description of a flower given in an advertise¬ 
ment or otherwise by the grower or any person interested in the 
sale of it is often viewed with suspicion, whether justly or not we 
do not pretend to determine. Neither do we wish to exalt our¬ 
selves as judges infallible, nor expect the existence of a flower 
or plant is to depend on our approval; but this we think that 
we can make our Journal of as much use to the connoisseur as to 
the tyro, and especially to those of our friends who may reside in 
the country, by noticing the recurrence of every good flower and 
the situation in which we may And it; the amateiir may then form 
an opinion of the qualification of any new addition to his favorite 
flower when he may not have had an opportunity of personally 
inspecting it, and the beginner will be put in possession of a 
guide to the selection of any flowers he may wish to grow; but 
to do this effectively requires the assistance of many, and we 
again solicit, not doubting we shall receive the assistance of all 
interested in the subject. 
While on the subject of correspondence we beg to reiterate a 
remark made at the beginning of our work, that the pages of the 
Florist’s Journal are open to any enquiry or remark calculated 
to promote or increase the knowledge of floriculture: “We 
shall always be ready to answer questions, clear up doubts, or 
put our readers in possession of any information which they may 
desire, and we and our cooperators can supply.” (See Preface 
to Florist's Journal.) 
