. 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. 114 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. ShowiTig widening of Walk for Playground, with Seats and Shade-giving Trees. The Square des BatignoUes is one of the largest in Paris. Entering from its lower side, the general scheme is seen to be that of a little vale, down which meanders a streamlet, ending in a small round piece of water. The rich grassy- sides of the streamlet slope up till they end
. 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. 114 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. ShowiTig widening of Walk for Playground, with Seats and Shade-giving Trees. The Square des BatignoUes is one of the largest in Paris. Entering from its lower side, the general scheme is seen to be that of a little vale, down which meanders a streamlet, ending in a small round piece of water. The rich grassy- sides of the streamlet slope up till they end in dense planta- tions, so well planted and watered that they look as fresh as if growing far from a large city. The walk round the grass expands from a breadth of ten or a dozen feet to forty, in the first corner of the square, so that the children find little playgrounds without going on the grass. The Plane-trees have Honeysuckles trained up their stems here—a pretty mode of training them. Here is a profuse variety of the very best shrubs, flowering and otherwise; all these groups of shrubs being edged with flowers. Indeed, it is these margins that afford the floral display; and the absence of all attempt to make a garden of the coloured-cotton-handkerchief pattern makes it almost as free from gaudiness as a ferny dell in a forest. The keeping is perfect, and there is no fence between the public and the flowers but an edging of rustic iron, which rises about five inches above the gravel, and is placed about two inches outside the grass. The streamlet is tastefully margined with tufts of water-plants, but a novel feature is added. At some distance from the margin —from four to ten feet—are planted here and there single specimens of plants which, while not absolutely aquatic, associate well with such plants; for instance, hardy Bamboos, Yuccas, Erianthus, and other large grasses, some fine Acanthus latifolius, the Pampas grass, and Tamarix. The square or garden around th
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