. 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. 164 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OP PARIS. [Chap. X. ordinarily removed is limited, as only the more common kinds of trees are subjected to the process, no one caring to run the risk of losing a rare and valuable tree. In Paris, experiments made on various species have given the following results:— " Success nearly always certain : Elms, Planes, white and red Horse-chestnuts, Limes, Ailantus, Catalpa, Paul
. 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. 164 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OP PARIS. [Chap. X. ordinarily removed is limited, as only the more common kinds of trees are subjected to the process, no one caring to run the risk of losing a rare and valuable tree. In Paris, experiments made on various species have given the following results:— " Success nearly always certain : Elms, Planes, white and red Horse-chestnuts, Limes, Ailantus, Catalpa, Paulownia, Celtis, Planera, Sophora, and Willows. " Success uncertain, hut sometimes satisfactory: Poplars, Sycamores, Maples, Alders, Mulberries, Beech, Ash, Magnolias, American Walnuts, Cercis, Diospyros. " Success very rare : Robinias, Crataegus, Hawthorns, and nearly all the Rosacea, Birch, Laburnum, and many Leguminosas, Oaks (European and American), Pavias, Elms, and ; With respect to the value of this machine as compared with any in use in England, there can be no doubt that the Paris machine is the best. Trees are there removed daily without the least difficulty or fuss, that, if removed in this country, would probably be honoured with a notice in the local papers. The best of our English machines must be taken to pieces for the removal of every tree: the beams have to be taken off in order to bring the wheels in position, then they have to be replaced in position, as well as the lifting apparatus. Besides, the machines are un- wieldy and awkward. The advantage of the French machine is, that by removing the iron rod which connects the hind wheels and the hind cross-beam, the machine is put to the tree without trouble or awkwardness. The lifting power is by means of racks, pinions, and levers. Lately whole boulevards of trees have been moved when half-grown by the aid of these machines. A few years ago only comparatively young trees were tried a
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