Jami(ii7 35, 1872. ] 



JOUENAL OP HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



production of oue of the most unportaut and beautiful public 

 promenades of the French metropolis. Unlite the Bois de 

 Boulogne, the Bois de Vincennes has the advantage of a stronger 

 and moister soil, and was covered with large timber, which 

 enabled M. Alphand to take advantage of the opportunity thus 



offered of cutting avenues and vistas so as to produce imme- 

 diate effects. The two illustrations now given furnish repre- 

 sentations of the manner in which this has been carried out, 

 one being the Avenue of Limes, and the other the Chestnut 

 Avenue at Miuimes. 



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SMALL FARMS— HOW THEY CAN 



Bu Jiev. WiLLiAir Le.v, Vicar of Sf. Peter's, D 

 STOCK FOR A 

 As I am writing for the express purpose of advocating small 

 fruit farms sufficient to employ one family with a little oc- 

 casional help, this point must be borne in mind when the 

 question of stock is considered. My ideal small farm, where 

 it is to be had, is a mixture of grass and tillage — sufficient 

 grass to keep tliree cows, and from three to five acres of 

 tillage planted with fruit. Five acres should be the greatest 

 extent ; if it exceeds this it implies more hired labour than 

 such a ciiltivator can afford. 



BE MADE TO ANSWER.— No. G. 

 roitwich, and Son. Canon of Worcester. 

 FEUIT FARM. 



I mention three cows, for I am told, knowing nothing of 

 the subject myself, that cows are in inverse ratio to boys — we 

 have a proverb in these parts, that one boy is a boy, two boys 

 half a boy, three boys no boy at all. But witli cows it is the 

 reverse, one cow is no cow, two cows are half a cow — a doubt- 

 ful advantage — but three cows are a cow, a very profitable in- 

 vestment. We will take, then, an ideal case, and suppose 

 that there is sufficient grass land to keep three cows. How 

 much this will be, will vaiy according to the soil ; from three 



