. 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. Low Double Espalier, and Mode of Protecting .the Vines. An account of the grape growing at this place from the pen of M. Rose-Charmeux is likely to convey the most practical information on the subject, and the fol- Ere. 229. lowing is translated from his " Culture de Chasselas:"â "At Thomery the soil is of a sandy and clayey nature, and mixed with pebbles in those parts which are near the river. The soil is at a
. 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. Low Double Espalier, and Mode of Protecting .the Vines. An account of the grape growing at this place from the pen of M. Rose-Charmeux is likely to convey the most practical information on the subject, and the fol- Ere. 229. lowing is translated from his " Culture de Chasselas:"â "At Thomery the soil is of a sandy and clayey nature, and mixed with pebbles in those parts which are near the river. The soil is at all times easy to work. Near the Seine it lacks depthâso much so, indeed, that be- fore cultivation it has to be dug and trenched so as to remove some of the stony subsoil. Everywhere else the layer of vegetable mould measures from four feet â FlG- 23°- six inches to six feet in thickness. This layer lies on a reddish clay of about the same thickness, and beneath the clay is a broken - up stratum of building stone filled with fissures. This building stone is easily extracted. The grapes ripen a fort- night earlier in the flinty districts than in those parts in which the soil is deeper and richer. "The gardens at Thomery, taken altogether, present ::much the appearance of those of Montreuil-sur-Bois. "There is nothing but walls in all directions, distant from. Section of top of wall at Thomery, showing the projection of the temporary 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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