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THE PAEKS AND GARDENS OF PAEIS. [Chap. XXV. 



as quickly as they can walk along it, but the texture of many 

 walks would not permit of its use at all. At St. Cloud and other 

 places where it is used, the surface is quite sandy, and wherever 



Portion of Pear-stand at Fcrriercs. 



End I'ifiv of Pear-stand. 



this is the case it may be used with advantage, particularly in 

 places where many wood-walks and drives have to be kept in 

 order. They could not be used on such firm walks as we have 

 about London. 



Frames for Forcing. — The French market-gardeners use a 

 great number of frames, and it is by their 

 aid they procure most of the tender and 

 excellent forced vegetables sent to the 

 markets in early spring. These frames are 

 made of very rough wood ; are narrow — 

 not exceeding four feet in width ; and 

 arranged in close lines completely immersed 

 in the heating-material. They are usually 

 about twenty inches high at the back 

 and fourteen in front. Undoubtedly the 

 principle is better and cheaper than our 

 own. We employ large and well-made 

 frames in private gardens, and for the most part place them so 

 that all but the base is exposed to the influence of the weather 



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