. 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. ROUEN. 617 there is a belt of shrubs, and around all a gravel walk, the little space being kept private. There were four large vases in it, each containing a fine specimen of the New Zealand Flax, but it is possible they had been placed here specially for the Emperor's visit. In any case, this mere spot, half- way over a bridge, looked one of the sweetest bits of FlcJ- 356- town gardening I have seen. In the Botanic Gardens at
. 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. ROUEN. 617 there is a belt of shrubs, and around all a gravel walk, the little space being kept private. There were four large vases in it, each containing a fine specimen of the New Zealand Flax, but it is possible they had been placed here specially for the Emperor's visit. In any case, this mere spot, half- way over a bridge, looked one of the sweetest bits of FlcJ- 356- town gardening I have seen. In the Botanic Gardens at Rouen the first things encountered were some of those enormous and un- meaning masses of Cannas, Tagetes, &c, which the French sometimes make even larger and more hideous than we do. There is, how- ever, a neat fruit garden and a good specimen of what they call a school of botany —, an arrangement of hardy plants scientifically named and arranged. It is only fair to say that the plants are kept more dis- tinct and well named in those divisions of French public gardens than is the case in Britain, where they are too often allowed to grow wild through each Pear Tree with the branches trained in other. Sabal Adansoni is placed in the open air here for the summer, and seems a palm of such rigid and leathery texture that it should do for general use in that way. The fruit garden contains a good many of what are called model trees, and many cordons; but on the whole, while there is much that is curious, and this division is well kept, it really affords little instruction. Specimens in the U. lines exactly above each other, and all the points united by 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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