. 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. ( 323 ). Pennanent tiled coping to Peach-wall, Bourg-la-R eine. CHAPTEE XX. SOMK NOTES ON FRUIT GARDKNS. Many French nurserymen have, in addition to the ground devoted to the raising and training of young trees, a private garden or " school" of fruit-culture, in which various trees may be seen in a de- veloped state. The garden established by M. F. Jamin is an excellent example of this class of
. 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. ( 323 ). Pennanent tiled coping to Peach-wall, Bourg-la-R eine. CHAPTEE XX. SOMK NOTES ON FRUIT GARDKNS. Many French nurserymen have, in addition to the ground devoted to the raising and training of young trees, a private garden or " school" of fruit-culture, in which various trees may be seen in a de- veloped state. The garden established by M. F. Jamin is an excellent example of this class of garden, and being near Paris and easily acces- sible, should be .visited by the stranger interested in fruit- culture. The walls of stone have a coping of overlapping tiles, which project about nine inches. This is, perhaps, as good a coping as any in use, and its effect is neat, much more so than that of other tile copings employed here. The walls are all wired closely and effectively with the galvanised wire tightened by the raidisseur. The walls with the warmest and best aspects are planted with Peaches and Winter Pears, and herein is an instructive lesson. A most experienced fruit-grower here, one who knows England, gives as his experience that it is absolutely useless to attempt the culture of the finer Winter Pears, the most valuable of all, away from walls, and that it is necessary to place such kinds as the Easter Beurre against well-coped walls with a southern exposure, the soil being of the finest description and the climate that 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, Macmillan and co.
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