THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE 



FEBRUARY, 1849. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Report on the Fniit and Kitchen Gardens, near 

 Paris, from observations made during a Visit in the Spring 

 of 1847. By Mr. R. Thompson, Superintendent of the 

 Orchard and Kitchen Garden, of the London Horticultural 

 Society. 



We have already given our notes on some of the Parisian 

 gardens, in the results of our Foreign tour, (Vols. XI. and XII.,) 

 but as our time did not permit us to make that extended ob- 

 servation, which we could have wished, we now have the 

 pleasure of presenting the views of Mr. Thompson, of the 

 Horticultural Society's garden, who was especially despatch- 

 ed to Paris, for the purpose of noting the state of gardening 

 in the vicinity of that city. The Society, with a view to fur- 

 ther "increase the efficacy of the Fruit department, thouglit 

 it advisable to send Mr. Thompson to inspect the best ex- 

 amples of French winter pruning, and to collect such informa- 

 tion as the very important, but generally unattractive season 

 of early spring would furnish." Mr. Thompson reached Rou- 

 en on the first of March, 1847, and remained at Paris for nearly 

 three weeks, in which time, he visited all the principal hor- 

 ticultural exhibitions, as far as Fontainebleau. In this service, 

 he was greatly assisted by Mr. Rauch, a German gentleman, 

 residing in Paris, and familiar with all that relates to its gar- 

 dens. Mr. Thompson was directed to keep full notes of all 

 that he found worthy of notice, and, in the paper named at 

 the head of this article, he has given a detailed, interesting, 

 and very instructive account of his travels. It appeared in 



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