The American Journal Of Horticulture And Florists Companion PDF Download

Excerpt from The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion, 1867, Vol. 1 The thirst for knowledge is as old as the creation; and mankind ever has sought, and ever will seek, for novelty as for hid treasure. Trusting to this longing, which is a great incentive to action in the horticultural world, we venture, at this inclement season of the year, to lay before the horticulturists of the country a new Magazine of Horticulture. And in what, we hear you say, do you propose to differ from the other horticultural magazines which zealous laborers in the fruitful field monthly present to us? Pardon us: we wish to differ with none, but to aid all; to go hand in hand with our fellow-laborers ;and to lend our aid, be it great or little, to the improvement of horticultural science, and the dissemination of information on floriculture and pomology. But let us plainly state our position: a number of gentlemen practically interested in horticulture, feeling that there is room for a horticultural monthly of high character and liberal tone, have agreed to issue such a magazine, and herewith present you the first number. To the thousands who are interested in horticulture, to whom each budding tree, each unfolding flower, each ripening seed, is a fresh and ever-new source of delight, we offer our aid, and the varied experience of our corps of contributors, many of whom are not unknown to horticultural literature. To those whose good fortune leads them to enjoy a country life, where Nature, ever unfolding her varied pages of instructive beauty, insensibly makes the soul wiser and better, we proffer our aid to show new beauties, and to teach how to enjoy them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.