. 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. 254 FONTAINEBLEATJ, AND THE the whole of the extensive grounds planted with Gladioli yon could not notice a decayed leaf, and all the plants were in the rudest health, some of the varieties growing as much as six feet high. It was a fine sight at any time of the day to see the magnificent stretch of varied hloom; but the days about the time of my last visit were very hot, and one was obliged to get up very early in the morning
. 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. 254 FONTAINEBLEATJ, AND THE the whole of the extensive grounds planted with Gladioli yon could not notice a decayed leaf, and all the plants were in the rudest health, some of the varieties growing as much as six feet high. It was a fine sight at any time of the day to see the magnificent stretch of varied hloom; but the days about the time of my last visit were very hot, and one was obliged to get up very early in the morning to see it at its best. Although very showy at noon, yet the hot sun had caused the most open flowers to flag a little. But in the early morning, when the dew hung upon the bloom, and every petal was braced with its freshness, the flowers were magnificent. The insect enemies of M. Souchet would prove enough to deter and defeat most men. He makes ceaseless war against them, and if they do succeed in destroying a bulb Fig. Courteliere (Mole Cricket). now and then, it generally forms the guide to their detection and destruction. If the courteliere or mole cricket were allowed his own way for a fortnight in these grounds, I fear some of the great bulb houses would suffer from their want of Gladioli in autumn. When this strong and well armed little fellow gets into a bed of choice Gladioli, you cannot well dig him out as you could if he happened to be in an open spot. The way he is killed here is so interesting and effective that I must relate it. M. Souchet explained it to me ; but so many receipts for exterminating vermin are not worth the trouble of trying the second time, that probably I should not have noticed it had he not called a workman and given me an illustration on the spot. When the mole cricket goes about, he leaves a little loose ridge, like the animal after which he is named: and when his. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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