. The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens. Gardening; Gardens; Parks. 354 THE PARKS AND GAEDENS OP PARIS. [Chap. XXI. garden admirable culture everywhere preyails. The walls are white—they are whitewashed every year with a view to the extermination of insects,—and the trees are of the brightest and healthiest green. At in- tervals the knuckle-end of the leg-bone of a sheep projects from the wall a couple of inches only, and at about a foot and a half from the top of the wa
. The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens. Gardening; Gardens; Parks. 354 THE PARKS AND GAEDENS OP PARIS. [Chap. XXI. garden admirable culture everywhere preyails. The walls are white—they are whitewashed every year with a view to the extermination of insects,—and the trees are of the brightest and healthiest green. At in- tervals the knuckle-end of the leg-bone of a sheep projects from the wall a couple of inches only, and at about a foot and a half from the top of the wall. These are placed so as to firmly fix the temporary coping in spring. The boards J or neat frames of straw are :« placed beneath the perma- I nent coping and on the. Small Wooden Coping used to protect youtig Peach-trees in Spring. supports. The space be- tween coping and brackets being very narrow, there is considerable support afforded to the temporary covering at the back part; by attaching an eye to its under- surface, and firmly tying it with a twig of osier, wire, or strong twine, to the bone projecting firmly below, it is secured from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, Macmillan and co.
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