. 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. Chap. IV.] THE PAEO DES BUTTES CHAUMONT. 69 garden such a chance of having walls of rock-plants almost as interesting as those one meets with on an Alpine pass, and yet it is entirely lost. By leaving chinks here and there and filling them with turf; hy leaving the face of the high rock sloping in places, so that they would be well exposed to the rain; by having little streamlets trickling over the face
. 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. Chap. IV.] THE PAEO DES BUTTES CHAUMONT. 69 garden such a chance of having walls of rock-plants almost as interesting as those one meets with on an Alpine pass, and yet it is entirely lost. By leaving chinks here and there and filling them with turf; hy leaving the face of the high rock sloping in places, so that they would be well exposed to the rain; by having little streamlets trickling over the face of the clifi's here and there; by scattering a few packets of seeds over the surface in spring, a rock vegetation of great beauty could soon be obtained. The great silvery Saxifrages of the Pyrenees and the Alps might have spread forth their rosettes here, while little Harebells, Thymes, Eock-brooms, Stone-crops, Houseleeks of many kinds. '»&â >â. : LhM Unmutilated Shrubs on Tur/.âParc des Suites Chaumont. with hundreds of the prettiest plants of northern and temperate climes, might also have been grown. Now all is daubed over and plantless, save a bit of wiry grass in some few spots; and the face of the high rocks is only suggestive of danger. This results from leaving the face of the higher part of the rocks almost vertical, so depriving vegetation of all chance of foothold. But the system of plastering, instead of having broken isolated clumps of rock, is still more to blame for the crater-hke bareness of this enormous mass. With plastered rock, and a hole left here and there in which a plant may dwindle or perish, there is no chance of any but a stone-yard effect-one-fourth the. 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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