and of social order, I confess myself under an obligation to the conductors of a periodical dedicated to a subject of general amusement and of national partiality, which has infused into the pursuit, and circulated among the population, a high tone of that righteousness which exalteth a nation.-I am, Sir, yours, IOTA. "PRAY REMEMBER THE POOR FROZEN-OUT GARDENERS!" FOR the tailpiece to our present Volume, we present our younger readers with a sketch illustrating a custom now extinct, at least in our neighbourhood. Some years back, as soon as inclement weather rendered it impossible for the men and women employed in the market-gardens to pursue their daily labours, they formed themselves into bands, and bearing bunches of vegetables upon poles, solicited donations from the charitably disposed, appealing to them with the cry of "Pray remember the poor frozen-out gardeners!" As it was generally the most idle and profligate that composed these parties, and the proceeds were almost invariably expended in dissipation, it was considered an abuse, and was suppressed by the magistrates and police. Our cut gives an excellent representation of one of these parties. GENERAL INDEX. Achimenes, 66. Allamanda cathartica, 84. Amaryllis, by Dr. Horner, 163. Animal and vegetable kingdoms, adjust- ment of, 121. Annuals, word about, 266. Anomatheca cruenta, 49. Auriculas, 162. ventilating frame for, 10. Australia, notes from, 235. Dahlias, select, 56. Chinese, 217. Dahlia season, and its results, 276. Erythrina laurifolia, 244. Exhibition of 1851, 81. Ferns, British, 69, 110, 132, 151, 183, Fern-garden, 234. Floral tastes, &c., 54, 108, 130, 144, Florist, fragments for the, 115, 173. wild, rambles for, 25, 50, 87. Flower-market at Paris, 278. covering for, 34, 146. hardiness of, 210. Godfrey, old, 70. Heaths, 33. culture of, 261. Hollyhock, 28. Hooker, Dr., 75. Horticultural Society, 22, 88, 112, Chrysanthemums, 12, 295. changes in, 85. Ladies' Page for- March, 79. April, 105. May, 126. June, 156. July, 180. August, 203. October, 250. December, 292. Nepenthes Rafflesiana, 12, 77. Packet of Seeds, reviewed, 48. Pansy Society, 149. boxes, 93. Paris, flower-market at, 278. Pelargoniums, properties of, 29. monstrous, 211. for exhibition, 253. new varieties of,257,289. |