Excerpt from The Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural Science, Vol. 1: January to June, 1850 To the friends and patrons, then, of the gardeners' magazine OF botany, we present the humble tribute of our grateful thanks; and in an especial manner we would offer our acknowledgments to those who have kindly permitted us to make drawings of their new or otherwise interesting plants for publication; Whilst to all who take an interest in the advancement of the art of Gardening, we freely offer the hand of fellowship, and the olive-branch of peace. 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.