Excerpt from The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs, 1857, Vol. 23 The horticultural progress of the year, though not pre senting any prominent or marked improvements, has, not withstanding, been such as to gratify all who are the least interested in a science so eminently conducive to the luxu ries, the enjoyment, and even the comfort of so large a class of the community. Our pages have chronicled everything worthy of especial note, and to them we must refer our readers for a detail of what has been accomplished. Some general hints and incidental information, as well as random suggestions in regard to the future, we now embrace the opportunity to present in our brief summary of the year. First, in regard to the season, we give a condensed ao count, which, as compared with previous ones, may not be without its value. 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.