54 The Pniit and Kitchen Gardens^ near Paris. 



In exposed situations, the wires form excellent stays ; and 

 where ihcy arc employed, a comparatively slender stake will 

 be suflicient."' 



M. Dupuy Jamin's System of Irrigating Gardens. 



'•' Parallel to a long central walk in this nnrsery, a small 

 zinc pipe was supported by stakes, about two feet above the 

 surface of the ground. Such an aqueduct could be formed at 

 a trifling expense, compared with the saving it might be made 

 the means of effecting in a dry season. It is certainly an ob- 

 ject of pecuniary importance, to supersede the labor of several 

 men, by merely turning a cock, and allowing the water to 

 run quietly along to reservoirs, at a distance from the source, 

 instead of wheeling it in tubs, and frequently tearing up the 

 walks in the course of the proceeding. It may be said, that 

 the pipe might as well be laid in the ground, as the water 

 would rise to a level; but in that case, the pipe would only be 

 available in one fixed direction, instead of being easily moved 

 to where it may be requisite. Such pipes might be made, at 

 no great expense, in convenient lengths, of about ten feet, 

 with flexible India rubber connexions. The lengths could be 

 tied together in bundles, when not wanted ; and, when re- 

 quired, they could be readily extended in any direction." 



M. Hardy's Lectures on the Management of Fruit Trees. 



On the 5th of March, Mr. Thompson visited the Gardens 

 of the Luxembourg^ to hear a lecture on pruning, by M. Har- 

 dy, at S A. M., in the open ground. " M. Hardy delivers two 

 lectures a week, free to the public, on pruning, grafting, plant- 

 ing, and, in short, every thing connected with the management 

 of fruit trees, finishing the course in the end of April. He 

 has generally from 300 to 400 hearers, among whom, are 

 young men employed in the Luxembourg Gardens, the .Tardin 

 des Plantes, and other establishments, by permission of the 

 respective directors. In various instances, the young men 

 afterwards make up for the time they are thus absent. But 

 the greater number of those who attend, are amateurs. M. 

 Hardy also lectures, in the afternoon, to gentlemen wishing to 



