. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 64 THE PAKC DES BUTTES CHAUMONT. opinions about the desirability of concealing the walks of a naturally disposed garden as much as may be convenient. A marked feature in many new French gardens is the way they are exposed. In the plans of the best French landscape- Fig. Plan of garden, showing how fond the French landscape-gardeners are of describing sections of eggs while laying out their walks. gardeners it is quite rid
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 64 THE PAKC DES BUTTES CHAUMONT. opinions about the desirability of concealing the walks of a naturally disposed garden as much as may be convenient. A marked feature in many new French gardens is the way they are exposed. In the plans of the best French landscape- Fig. Plan of garden, showing how fond the French landscape-gardeners are of describing sections of eggs while laying out their walks. gardeners it is quite ridiculous to see the way the walks wind about in symmetrical twirlings, and, when they have entwined themselves through every sweep of turf in the place, seem to long for more spaces to writhe about in. Most glaring instances of this are seen here, and parti- cularly on the top, the highest rock, where a small temple is seated. Near one of the entrances, here is a mixture of Indigo- fera Dosua and the holly-leaved Mahonia, the first pre- dominating and full of flower in summer, having the delicate beauty and profusion of flowers characteristic of. 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, J. Murray
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