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ces of sweet air and green trees were never felt and the 

 sun could scarcely penetrate, and turning them into gems 

 of bosky verdure and sweetness ; by piercing them with 

 long wide streets flanked with lines of green trees ; and in 

 a word, by relieving in every possible direction man's 

 work in stone with the changeful and ever pleasing beauty 

 of vegetable life. In Paris public gardening is not con- 

 fined to parks in one end of the town, and absent from 

 the places where it is most wanted. It follows the street 

 builders with trees, turns the little squares into gardens 

 unsurpassed for good taste and beauty, drops down grace- 

 ful fountains here and there, and margins them with 

 flowers ; it presents to the eye of the poorest workman 

 every charm of vegetation, it brings him pure air, and 

 aims directly and effectively at the recreation and benefit 

 of the people." 



The above extract, from a most charming and instruct- 

 ive book, " The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris," 

 by W. Robinson, F. L. S., conveys in a few words the idea 

 I am endeavoring to impress upon the reader, that the ele- 

 ments of beauty should be everywhere present, pervading 

 all portions of the city as an essential ingredient, instead 

 of being confined to a point which is set apart expressly 

 for the purpose. 



No man who has the least love of natural beauty can 

 fail to admire a fine specimen of a tree, even before it has 

 attained the majestic dignity which age alone can confer. 

 If its form is symmetrical, its trunk well proportioned to 

 the mass of branches and spray which it has to support, 

 and its foliage luxuriant and vigorous, conveying the idea 



