Gardeners Magazine - Preface - Tenth Volume

Oct 6, 2026

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Preface to the Tenth Volume of Gardeners Magazine, prepared in response to readers’ unanimous request and designed to appear monthly at a reduced price. The editors outline planned improvements for subsequent volumes, including Pomological, Olitorial, and Arboricultural notices. They explain how horticultural societies and gardeners will contribute information, and they call for greater attention to the distribution and cultivation of foreign hardy trees and shrubs rather than temporary glass-protected novelties.

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Preface

Planned improvements for succeeding volumes

Collaboration requests for information

Focus on foreign hardy trees and shrubs

Closing remarks

GARDENERS MAGAZINE, CONDUCTED By J.C.LOUDON,F.L.S.H.S.&c. AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF GARDENING,OF AGRICULTURE,AND OF COTTAGE,FARMAND VILLA ARCHITECTURE,AND EDITOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN,REES,ORME,BROWN,GREEN,AND LONGMAN,PATERNOSTER-ROw. 1834. 5 22818387bR PREFACE. Is this Tenth Volume we have complied with the unanimous requestof our readers,and with the spirit of the times,in bringing out theGardener's Magazine monthly and at a reduced price;and the suc-cess of this measure,we are happy to say,has fully answered ourexpectations. The improvements which we contemplate in the succeedingVolumes are as follows:—1.An occasional article to be headedPomological Notices,or Notices of new Fruits deserving,or seemingto deserve,general cultivation;2.Olitorial Notices,or Notices ofnew Culinary Vegetables,either originated in this country,or intro-duced from other countries,which seem to merit,or have been provedto deserve,general introduction in kitchen-gardens;and 3.Arbori-cultural Notices,or Notices of new species or varieties of hardy Treesor Shrubs,useful or ornamental,which merit a place in shrubberiesor pleasure-grounds,as hedge plants,or in useful plantations. To aid us in perfecting these Notices,the Council of the Horticul-tural Society of London have kindly granted us permission to apply,from time to time,for information,to their head gardener,Mr.Munro,and to their fruit-gardener,Mr.Thompson;and we have received thesame indulgence from the Council of the Caledonian HorticulturalSociety,with reference to their head gardener,Mr.Barnet.We havedirected the attention of all our foreign correspondents to these stand-ing articles;and we earnestly request the assistance of the secretariesof all horticultural societies,of the curators of all botanic gardens,ofall nurserymen,domestic and foreign,and,in short,of every gardenerand amateur of gardening,in order that we may render them as com-plete as possible. We intend,in future Numbers of this Magazine,to direct particularlythe attention of our readers to the more general distribution of foreignhardy trees and shrubs in our pleasure-grounds and plantations.Wecannot help regretting that the taste of amateurs should be so muchabsorbed in the acquisition of temporary novelties,chiefly of herbaceous flowering plants,or of plants requiring the protection of glass;whilemany trees and shrubs that have been long in the country,thoughthey are as little known as if they had never been introduced,andwhich would contribute to the permanent ornament and improvementof country seats,are suffered to remain uncalled for in our nurseries.Thus,while considerable sums,all over the country,are given for anew florist's flower,a new variety of camellia,or a hybrid calceolaria,which require the most assiduous care and attention to prevent themfrom degenerating,and which are,perhaps,lost the year after theyare received,those more noble objects,foreign hardy trees and shrubs,which are less expensive to purchase,require far less care in cultureand managenent,and which,when once established,will increase everyyear in size and in beauty,and will remain useful and ornamentalobjects on an estate for generations,are comparatively neglected.Ofa taste for fine flowers and a taste for fine trees and shrubs,it surelywill not be denied that the latter is of a far more elevated kind thanthe former.It is more elevated,because it is more useful,moredurable,and more influential on the general face of the country;andbecause it not only affords enjoyment to the possessor and the closeobserver,but to every one for whom landscape scenery has any attrac-tions. One reason why a taste for foreign trees and shrubs is not morecommon among country gentlemen is,the neglect of nurserymen topreserve and exhibit,in their nurseries,specinen trees of the moreuncommon kinds,of eight or ten years'growth.Were this a generalpractice,the result could not be otherwise than advanta

FAQs

Why was this Tenth Volume compiled?

It was prepared to meet the unanimous request of readers and the spirit of the times, producing the magazine monthly at a reduced price.

What kinds of notices are planned for succeeding volumes?

They include Pomological Notices for new fruits, Olitorial Notices for culinary vegetables, and Arbori-cultural Notices for hardy trees or shrubs that deserve cultivation.

What does the editors’ request aim to achieve?

They seek assistance from horticultural societies, botanic gardens, nurserymen, and all gardeners to make the notices as complete as possible, especially for distributing foreign hardy trees and shrubs.

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