. 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. XXIL] CULTURE OF THE VINE AT THOMEEY. 381. Law Double Espalier^ eitid Mode of Protecting the Vines in Spring. inches to six feet in thickness. This layer is on a reddish clay of about the same thickness, and beneath the clay is a broken-up stratum of building-stone filled with fissures. This building- stone is easily extracted. The Grapes ripen a fort- night earlier in the flinty districts than in
. 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. XXIL] CULTURE OF THE VINE AT THOMEEY. 381. Law Double Espalier^ eitid Mode of Protecting the Vines in Spring. inches to six feet in thickness. This layer is on a reddish clay of about the same thickness, and beneath the clay is a broken-up stratum of building-stone filled with fissures. This building- stone is easily extracted. The Grapes ripen a fort- night earlier in the flinty districts than in those parts in which the soil is deeper and richer. "The gardens at Thomery, taken altogether, present much the appear- ance of those of Montreuil- sur-Bois. There is nothing but walls in all directions, distant from each other about forty feet, and ten feet high. This height has only obtained during the last fifteen years, before which period they were rarely higher than six or seven feet. The change has been advantageous for two reasons; first, the Grape-growers have been able to increase the space required for their purpose by taking possession of a larger portion of air instead of having to buy fresh ground; and secondly, the high walls are found to improve the ap- pearance and quality of the Grapes. The walls are built of hard stone quarried in the neighbourhood, the stones being laid with mud only. The face of the wall is then covered with a mortar made of lime and sand, and is finally covered with the same material thinned to a creamy consistence. Every wall is topped with a roof of pantiles, surmounted by a row of gutter-tiles. These roofs project about ten inches, and below them are fixed at every yard iron rods, inclined slightly. 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. (W
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