. 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. XX.] SUISNES. 333 course many variations may be made thus, but the single line, well conducted and rather freely developed, is the best of all, though there are many positions and circumstances in which two lines, superimposed cordons or other modifications, will prove desirable. M. Cochet has planted almost every good variety of Apple on this principle, and finds they all do well on it. All are gr
. 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. XX.] SUISNES. 333 course many variations may be made thus, but the single line, well conducted and rather freely developed, is the best of all, though there are many positions and circumstances in which two lines, superimposed cordons or other modifications, will prove desirable. M. Cochet has planted almost every good variety of Apple on this principle, and finds they all do well on it. All are grafted on the true French Paradise stock. Some of his fruit from three-year-old plants was remarkably fine, and nothing could look prettier than the handsome Apples"]along the side'^of the walks. A much more regular and better effect could be obtained by lines of one kind only, and the training and pruning of them also would be more likely to be performed in the best manner. In nearly all parts of the garden there was abundant evidence that the horizontal cordon for Apples is the best improvement effected in open-air fruit-culture for years. A [line of Pears trained thus may also be seen, but it is a failure, although there was a fine crop hanging on one specimen of the Belle Angevine. "When grown in this way the Pear usually manifests a disposition to shoot up " gourmands," or shoots very like those of Willows, from the bend. On walls where the sap has room to spread, this inconvenience is of course not present. The young Pear and other trees here in preparation for wall and espalier culture are neatly trained in line by means of tightly-strained galvanised wires. By this means trees fit to place against walls immedi- ately, may be picked out at any time. A good many handsome palmetto and other trees are to be seen, but particularly remarkable are those trained in what is called the columnar form. This is simply a tree trained to a single stem, or a vertical
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