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flowers, Lettuces, Radishes, Endives, Spinach, etc., etc., 

 will be utilised next year for the production of Melons, 

 and open-air crops generally, and vice versa. In 

 this way a certain portion of the garden is always 

 more or less exposed to the weather, and is kept 

 " sweet " and in good condition for other crops, by 

 the fresh air circulating amongst its particulars. 



THE VEGETABLE MARKET IN PARIS 



In a volume devoted to the French system of garden- 

 ing, it may not be out of place to refer to the produce 

 that is sent to the markets of the French capital. The 

 differences in taste and custom between the French 

 and English peoples naturally result in totally different 

 kinds of fruits and vegetables being grown for com- 

 mercial purposes. What the French market -gardener 

 therefore finds to be a remunerative crop in his own 

 market, the English grower would most likely discover 

 to be a drug in Covent Garden, or in any of the large 

 provincial markets in the kingdom. From the follow- 

 ing remarks of mine, in the American Florist, the 

 reader may readily see how very different the vegetable 

 produce in the Paris market is from that generally 

 sent to Covent Garden : 



" Almost in the centre of Paris on the north bank 

 of the Seine, and opposite the famous church of St. 

 Eustache, are to be found the famous markets of 

 Paris known as the Halles Centrales. Meat, fish, 

 poultry, fruits, flowers and vegetables are all to be 

 found beneath the roof of the famous building erected 

 by Baltard in 1874, which embraces altogether an area 

 of about 22 acres. To see the markets at their best, 



