. 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. III:] THE GARDEN OP PLANTS. 53 First we think of the flora of France, beautiful exceedingly in many parts, rich and varied beyond description or remembrance We have the France of the blue warm sea, with its lavender- and rosemary-clad hills, Anemones and Narcissi in its winter fields, and woods fragrant with Myrtle and aromatic CEDRELA. SINENSIS ^New Tree).—Garden of Plants. Colder and late


. 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. III:] THE GARDEN OP PLANTS. 53 First we think of the flora of France, beautiful exceedingly in many parts, rich and varied beyond description or remembrance We have the France of the blue warm sea, with its lavender- and rosemary-clad hills, Anemones and Narcissi in its winter fields, and woods fragrant with Myrtle and aromatic CEDRELA. SINENSIS ^New Tree).—Garden of Plants. Colder and later than the maritime Alps, we have those of Savoy, with a glorious alpine flora; the A;rdennes and the Vosges; the Alps of^Dauphiny; and the wide area of the Pyrenean slopes and meadov7S and valleys. And we have the France of the lower hills and plains, with their wild Eoses and Harebells, and the flora of the western sea-shores, and of Brittany and of Normandy—. 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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