Chap. II.] 



THE PARC MONCEAU. 



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some Cycads and other plants of distinct habit — the very things 

 best fitted to add to the attractions of the flower-garden. 



Thus we may, in all but the smallest gardens, enjoy all the 

 charms of this style of gardening, without creating any special 

 arrangements for it. But what of those who have no conservatory, 

 no hothouses, no means for preserving large tender plants in 

 winter ? They too may enjoy the beauty which plants of fine 

 form afford. A better effect than any yet seen in an English 



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MUSA ENSETE, IN THE PARC MONCEAU, 1868. 

 ( The artist is responsible for the liberties taken with the "formalities " around.) 



garden from tender plants may be obtained by planting hardy 

 ones only ! There is the Pampas grass, which when well-grown 

 is unsurpassed by anything that requires protection. There are 

 the Yuccas, noble and graceful in outline, and hardy. There are 

 Arundo conspicua and Donax, and there are noble hardy herbaceous 

 plants like Crambe cordifolia, the giant Japanese Polygonums, 

 Iihoum Emodi, Ferulas, and various graceful umbelliferous plants 

 that will furnish effects equal to any we can produce by using 



