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JOUfiNAL OP HORTICCLTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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There ia, also, another plant of the same family which is not 

 so showy, but ia of a different colour — namely, a rosy lake. It 

 produces its flowers in very great profusion, and in a form ex- 

 ceedingly suitable for bouquets ; moreover, the scent, both of 

 the leaves and llowers, is very pleasing, this kind is well worth 

 growing. Wo have it by the name of Salvia cammertonii. It 

 is also a winter-blooming plant. 



For such as have plenty of room, there is still another 

 Salvia well worthy of culture. It is S. gesnerii'llora, of a very 

 strong vigorous h.ibit of growth, producing immense spikes of 

 the brightest scarlet flowers. We have had plants of this 

 variety upwards of 20 feet in circumference. They bloom best 

 during the end of January or February. Thoy all require the 

 same treatment. — Williau Pavsb, t/te Oardcits, Fir I'ah; 

 Shejldd. 



NOTES ON SOME OF THE G^^DENS IN PAMS. 



TuRoron the kindness of my employer, I lately had the op- 

 portunitj' of spending a few days in I'aris. I started from Lon- 

 don by the midday train to Dover, and after a most delightful 

 passage across the Channel arrived at Calais about 11 o'clock 

 at night. This being dark, I could not seethe country through 

 which I travelled, until I reached Amiens. From this place 

 the scenery is most beautiful, there being hundreds of acres of 

 dense forests on each side of the lino ; and the undulating 

 ground, the streams, and the autumnal tints of the leaves of 

 vai-ious trees had a very pretty effect. 



Arrived in Paris, after spending the first two days in the Ex- 

 liibition, I wont to see the Horticultural Show, held on a natu- 

 rally level piece of ground several acres in extent, and which 

 has been diversilied by huge mounds, waterfalls, gigantic rock- 

 work, aquaria full of various kinds of fish, beautiful glades of 

 grass of the richest green, glass houses, hundreds of beds of 

 various sizes filled with beautiful shrubs and choice flowers, 

 and new but well-kept walks, leading to various objects of at- 

 traction. When it is considered that only a few months ago 

 the above ground was quite level, and used as a parade ground 

 for soldiers, for which purpose it will soon be employed again, 

 those who made it a beautiful picturesijue garden deserve great 

 credit. 



There was a great exhibition of fruit, vegetables, and flowers, 

 but the Pines and Grapes were very inferior to such fruits 

 as generally seen at English exhibitions. A few Peaches of 

 middling (juality were shown. Pears and Apples were in abun- 

 dance ; those in one dish of six, the finest in the Exhibition, were 

 splendid, but neither the name of the fruit nor of the exhibitor 

 was given. The next best dish was contributed by M. Gallien. 

 Some fine fruit of Doyenno d'Hiver, were also shown. Apples 

 were of all sizes, the largest fruit was called Grelot, this is a 

 useful fruit when largo dishes for dessert are required ; Keinette 

 Parmentier, and Reinette du Canada, were in good condition. 

 Several collections of vegetables were shown. Potatoes gene- 

 rally were very small. Onions, Carrots, Turnips, and Beet, 

 were not remarkable. A group of variegated Kale sent by MM. 

 Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Quai de la Mcgisserie, had a pretty 

 effect. The collections of vegetables were exhibited on vacant 

 beds on the grass by the sides of the pathways in various parts 

 of the grounds. 



There was a collection of smaU but well-grown Orchids, in 

 good bloom ; these came from M. Linden, of Brussels, and de- 

 servedly took the first prize. A collection of Ericas in beau- 

 tiful bloom was also exhibited. Gladioluses were the principal 

 cut flowers; M. Souchet, M. E. Verdier, and M. Loise, being 

 the principal exhibitors. M. Gabriel, head gardener at the 

 Palace of Moudon, had between 200 and 300 Zinnias, in 

 21-sized pots, plunged in a bed ; they had been very fine, but 

 their beauty was over when I saw them. There were likewise 

 large collections of standard lioses and Pears, tlie use of which 

 I could not perceive, as on the Bose trees scarcely a flower was 

 to be seen. Several groups of bedding plants were also con- 

 tributed, and consisted of such plants as are in common use in 

 this country. 



I next went to see the gardens at the Tuileries, which are 

 2230 feet long, and 870 feet broad, and were designed by the 

 celebrated landscape gardener, Le Notre. The flower-beds are 

 very large, and all of them are planted on the mixed system ; 

 PiOses, Cannas, Dahlias, &b., being planted for the centres of 

 the beds, and Calceolarias, Pelargoniums, Verbenas, and similar 

 plants, being used for the outsides. A broad band of Ivy sur- 

 rounds each bed, and gives a cheerful appearance both in sum- 

 mer and winter. The Ivy is about 18 inches broad, and 3 or 



4 inches high. The grass is not kept so closely shaven as I 

 expected to find it, and I was rather surprised to see scythes at 

 work instead of mowing machines, the scythes having straight 

 handles, and the men standing quite upright to mow. Many o£ 

 the Orange trees are from two hundred to three hundred years 

 old, and in summer they must diffuse the most delicious fra- 

 grance. They occupy the ground which during the reign ol 

 terror (1703) was a Potato field. 



The Boulevards, some of which are several miles in length, 

 are planted with two or more rows of trees, chiefly Planes, 

 Chestnuts, and Elms, and give Paris a cheerful and country- 

 liko appearance. The gardens of the Luxembourg are also very 

 extensive, and contain tasteful flower-beds, and delightful shady 

 walk 



In the great centra! market, which is between 500 and 600 

 feet S(iuare, and is divided into four compartments, I noticed 

 fine Gourds being cut up at two sous per slice, as well as an 

 immense quantity of vegetables, and hundreds of bouquets 

 tastefully arranged. 



I next went to the Champs Elysfies, a most charming pro- 

 menade for all classes. It is intersected by several pathways, 

 a fine carriage road, and several straight rows of trees, which 

 form double avenues of great length. There are very large 

 beds on both sides filled with choice shrubs, and bordered with 

 Iresine, Cineraria maritima, and other bedding plants, and 

 great numbers of Cannas, which are well managed. 



My next journey was to tho Bois de Boulogne. The wood is 

 many hundreds of acres in extent, and tbroui,'h it and the fine 

 park are some magnilicent avenues and gravel-walks or drives 

 150 yards wide, with grass verges on each side in excellent 

 order. Scores of miles may be traversed, and all will be found 

 in the same good keeping. About the centre of this delightful 

 place is the .Jardin d'Aoclimatation. Here various experiments 

 are made with a view to acclimatise foreign plants, animals, 

 and birds. The grounds are beautifully laid out, and furnished 

 with tastefully-constructed cages, hothouses, and pavOions. A 

 stream which traverses the gardens, with its picturesqueislands, 

 rustic bridges, and rockwork, serves for the culture of aquatic, 

 and other plants. The garden department is very extensive ; in 

 one part is a fine conservatory 200 feet long, by 100 feet wide, 

 which is full of Camellias, Orange trees, and tlie plants usually 

 found in such structures. The whole groundwork of this house 

 is completely covered with Selaginella denticulata, in perfect 

 health, and most refreshing to the eye. At the end of the same 

 bouse is some beautiful rockwork covered with rare Ferns, with 

 a winding stoiicase from bottom to top. Another house, not 

 quite so large as the above, was filled with small birds of almost 

 every colour, with the Selaginella round eveiy cage. In the 

 out-door department were some large masses of Cannas and 

 other sub-tropical plants in luxuriant health, and Begonias 

 were flowering profusely. Pelargoniums and other bedding 

 plants are all planted on the mixed system. One very largo 

 glass house, kept nearly dark, is fitted up with compartment 

 and devoted to the artificial breeding of fish; there are ten 

 glass reservoirs filled with sea water, and four with fresh water 

 which is constantly renewed. It may interest the reader to 

 Icnow that two of the principal managers of the Jardin d'AccU- 

 matation are Englishmen. — J. Peekiss, Thomham, Kail. 

 (To be contmned.) 



GIGANTIC B0UGAIN"\T:LLEA. 



Ls a letter from my brother-in-law, a major in the army in 

 India, ho describes a Eougainvillea, and I think that its di- 

 mensions, which I send you, will make some of our brethren 

 almost wish to take a voyage to India on purpose to see it. 



He says, while speaking of the great things which he pur- 

 poses doing in gardening, writing from Bangalore, " I wish yon 

 could see a Bougainvillea in one of the gardens. The stem at 

 the base is about Ij foot in diameter, and branches go from 

 this of the thickness of one's arm (and his is a pretty stout 

 one). It has covered a large Mango tree, and you can hardly 

 imagine anything more beautiful. It is only beginning to show 

 the coloured leaves now at the top of the tree and in other parts 

 of it, but in January people say the whole tree is one mass of 

 colour. I never saw such a place as this is for beantifol 

 creepers." The sight would be, indeed, a gorgeous one no 



doubt. — EOEEET WUESCH. 



Laroe Duchesse D■A^"co^LE^rE Peae. — I grew this yeai 

 amongst others, on a small tree in a pot, one fruit of "this 



