256 SOME FAMOUS GARDENS 



When Josephine held her field-days at Malmaison, 

 the review was indeed calculated to excite the ten- 

 derest associations. First in the ranks was the 

 hydrangea, which had recently borrowed from her 

 charming daughter its French name of Hortensia. 

 Glory too found its reminiscences there as well 

 as maternal affection. Following the victories of 

 Bonaparte, she contrived to reap her share in the 

 plunder of conquered countries ; and Italy and 

 Egypt paid tribute to her triumphant parterres. 

 Blooming in resplendent union at Malmaison were 

 the soldanella of the Alps, the violet of Parma, the 

 adonis of Castiglione, the carnation of Lodi, the 

 willow and plane of Syria, the cross of Malta, the 

 water-lily of the Nile, the hibiscus of Palestine, 

 the rose of Damietta. Such were the conquests of 

 Josephine ; and of these, at least, France still retains 

 the benefits ! 



X. B. SAINTINE. 

 (Trantlated.) 



THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES 



I FINISHED this day with a walk in the garden of 

 the Tuileries, rarely contrived for privacy, shade, 

 or company, by groves, plantations of tall trees, 

 especially that in the middle, being of elms, the 

 other of mulberries ; and the labyrinth of cypresses ; 

 not omitting the noble hedges of pomegranates, 

 fountains, fish-ponds, and an aviary ; but, above all, 

 the artificial echo, redoubling the words so dis- 

 tinctly ; and, as it is never without some fair nymph 



