. 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. 566 HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. operation without soiling the fingers. B.—It has a distinct advantage over other kinds of grafting mastic, inasmuch as it may be used cold, whereas other kinds have to be heated before being used. Improved Fruit Shelves.—In the Pear-room at Baron Rothschild's at Ferrieres there is a new and excellent plan Fie. 315. Fia. Portion of Pear stand at Ferrieres. End view of Pear stand. Fib. 31


. 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. 566 HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. operation without soiling the fingers. B.—It has a distinct advantage over other kinds of grafting mastic, inasmuch as it may be used cold, whereas other kinds have to be heated before being used. Improved Fruit Shelves.—In the Pear-room at Baron Rothschild's at Ferrieres there is a new and excellent plan Fie. 315. Fia. Portion of Pear stand at Ferrieres. End view of Pear stand. Fib. 317. for arranging the fruit—the successive shelves of splendid Pears being so formed that every individual one can be examined without touching any. I need scarcely say that in the case of a fruit requiring so much nicety of judgment and atl tention as the Pear does, in the gar- dener who makes the most of his collection, and has each kind, or even each perfect fruit, eaten at the right time, this is an improvement. The Pear-room in the Imperial garden at Versailles usually presents a fine sight. There the old flat form of bench is in use, and all the shelves are closed in by wooden doors, so as to exclude the. 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, J. Murray


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