The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . JOURNAL OF RUIIAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. €^t (§xui Di3rnii]?rt( in tJrgttatinn. ^ T is one of the misfortunes of an editor to be expected to answer all questions, as^^ if he were an oracle. It is all pleasant enough when his correspondent is lostin the woods, and he can speedily set him right, or when he is groping in some darkpassage that only needs the glimmer of his farthing candle of experience, to make theway tolerably clear to him. But correspondents are often unreasonable, and ask forwhat is little short of a miracle. It is cle
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . JOURNAL OF RUIIAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. €^t (§xui Di3rnii]?rt( in tJrgttatinn. ^ T is one of the misfortunes of an editor to be expected to answer all questions, as^^ if he were an oracle. It is all pleasant enough when his correspondent is lostin the woods, and he can speedily set him right, or when he is groping in some darkpassage that only needs the glimmer of his farthing candle of experience, to make theway tolerably clear to him. But correspondents are often unreasonable, and ask forwhat is little short of a miracle. It is clear that an editor is not only expected to knoweverything, but that he is not to be allowed the comfort of belonging to any secret so-cieties, or any of those little fraternities where such a charming air of mystery isthrown over the commonest subjects. We are brought to these reflections by a letter that has just come before us, andwhich runs as follows : Dear Sir—I have been expecting in the last two numbers, to hear from you onthe subject of the grea
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