LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Fronch-ganlen Side of the I.ittlo 



Trianon ..... 

 View on the English-garJcn Side of 



the Little Trianon 

 (h-and Trianon : one of the results of 



the " Genius of Le Notre ! " . 

 An Avenue of old Lombardy Po])lars 



at Versailles (near the Little 



Trianon) ..... 

 A Shorn Tree (•' ideal " form : after 



years of mutilation the trees are 



even more hideous) 

 Among the Trees, Little Trianon 



(Spring) 



In the Little Trianon (Summer). 

 Section of a Conservatory arranged in 



the Natural Style 

 Ground-plan of Winter-garden . 

 Cool Conservatory with Vegetatiou 



planted out. .... 



Acanthus latifolius in Window in 



Paris 



Wreath of Wistaria above Ivy (by 



Roadside, Vincennes to Montreuil) . 

 A Paris Garden not spoiled by Beds . 

 Ti-ellis for Vines on Top of Dead Wall 



(Vincennes) .... 



A Town-garden in Paris . 

 The Degradation of Water (in small 



Garden near Vincennes). 

 A garden horror : the mirror-globe 

 Wall Pear-tree with vertical branches: 



ten years planted 

 Outhouse covered with Plum-trees at 



Versailles ..... 

 Trellis for Pear-trees : ten feet high . 

 View of portion of Square devoted 



to double Espaliers of Pear-trees at 



Versailles ..... 

 Double Trellis for Pear-trees : ten feet 



high ...... 



Wall of Easter Beurrii Pears In the 



School of Horticulture at Versailles. 

 Wall of Peach-trees in the Potagerie at 



Versailles ..... 

 Side-view of protection to double line 



of Espaliers. . . . . 



Border of superimposed Cordons at 



Versailles ..... 

 Plan of a Fruit-garden for the north 



of France ..... 

 Double Espalier with a row of Cordons 



on each side, showing mode of pro- 

 tecting the whole in spring . 

 Fruit-tree in the Vase form 

 Hedge of Pear-trees (half formed) 

 The Apple trained as a Sim]>le Hori- 

 zontal Cordon, grafted on tlio French 



Paradise Stock .... 



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Simple and Double Cordon Trees train- 

 ing as Edgings .... 

 Cordon Tree on low Wall of Plant-house 

 Young Cordon Tree of the Lady Apple 



trained as an Edging 

 The White Calville Apple . 

 Reinette du Canada trained as a Cordon 

 Edging of Simple Cordons three years 



old in Fruit-garden at Brunoy 

 Grafting by approach, to unite the 



points of Horizontal Cordons . 

 Another Jlode of Grafting to unite the 



Cordons ..... 

 The Horizontal Cordon trained as an 



Edging 



Simple Mode of protecting Cordon 



Apple-trees in M. Jamin's Garden at 



Bourg-la-Reine .... 

 Narrow border in front of fruit-wall . 

 Peach wall and border 

 Simple wooden support for Cordon 

 Iron support let into stone 

 Iron support, with ratchet wheel at 



the top ..... 

 Wall of Cordon Pear-trees in the Gar- 

 dens at Holme Lacy 

 Obliqvie Cordon Pear. 2nd year 

 Oblique Cordon Pear. 3rd year 

 Pear-tree trained as a Vertical Cordon 

 The Pear trained as an Oblique Cordon 

 Pear-tree trained in U form for very 



high walls ..... 

 The Spiral Cordon against walls 

 Young Peach-tree trained as an Oblique 



Cordon. 1st j'ear 

 Peach-tree trained as an Oblique Cor- 

 don. 2nd year's pruning 

 The Peach trained as an Oblique Cordon. 



(Du Breuil) .... 



Young Peach-tree with three stems, a 



ditl'erent variety being grafted on each 

 Flower of the French Paradise Apple . 

 Fruit of the French Paradise Apple . 

 Thomery mode of fi.xing the bottles 

 Ferri^res mode of fixing the bottles 

 Portion of upright used iu Grape-room 



at Ferrieres .... 



Section of Grape-room at Heckficld 

 ^Ir. Dodd's tube for Gi-apes in Water . 

 Kemp's Grape-rail .... 

 Interior of Grape-room at Thomery 

 Permanent tiled coping to Peach-wall, 



Bourg-la-Reine .... 

 Peach-tree (Candelabrum) with the 



vertical branches in the (J form 

 Peach-tree with 20 vertical branches 



(Candelabrum form) in full bearing. 

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