. Gleanings from French gardens: comprising an account of such features of French horticulture as are most worthy of adoption in British gardens. Gardening; Gardens. 7 a Le Jar din Fleuriste de la Ville de Farts. pipes passing round the interior, and thus, while space is not curtailed, the van is efficiently heated, and tender plants can be conveyed by it in safety in the depth of winter. The largest series of houses grouped together for the culture of house plants gene- rally, and the stock inter- mediate in size between the dwarf and bedding plants in the low houses and the tall palms and li
. Gleanings from French gardens: comprising an account of such features of French horticulture as are most worthy of adoption in British gardens. Gardening; Gardens. 7 a Le Jar din Fleuriste de la Ville de Farts. pipes passing round the interior, and thus, while space is not curtailed, the van is efficiently heated, and tender plants can be conveyed by it in safety in the depth of winter. The largest series of houses grouped together for the culture of house plants gene- rally, and the stock inter- mediate in size between the dwarf and bedding plants in the low houses and the tall palms and like subjects ar- ranged in great iron con- ^ servatories, are arranged on precisely a similar ground- plan to the low range before described, but are very fine and lofty curvilinear houses. Entering from the Avenue d'Eylau, one of the first things you meet with is a magnificent block of curvi- linear span-roofed houses— ten in a mass, divided by a narrow covered way which you enter, and through which only you communicate with the houses which it divides— five on each side. These contain a vast amount of interest and a great number of rare and new plants. One is the largest and most perfect propagating-house I. bo a a: I. 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, F. Warne; New York, Scribner, Welford
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