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leaves similarly disposed, but much smaller. Altogether it is a 

 very remarkable plant. It has received the name of ^^bies 

 communis mucronata. Pinus Cemhra succeeds well grafted on 

 Pinus sylvestris. We had here a proof that Pinus romana of 

 Loddiges and the Horticultural Society's Garden is the P. cala- 

 brica of Vilmorin, Poiteau, and other French botanists. Cun- 

 ninghams lanceolata is above 15 ft. high, in a vigorous thriving 

 state, and stands out every winter without the slightest protec- 

 tion. This plant suffers less during the winters of Paris than 

 during the London winters, though the former are so much 

 colder : the reason probably being, that the air of Paris is so 

 much drier than that of London, and also that the wood is 

 ripened better from the hotter summers. It seems very probable 

 from this, that the Mexican pines could stand the open air well 

 in this part of France ; an opinion which is strengthened by the 

 fact that Pinus australis (P. palustris Hort,) thrives admirably 

 in the Bois de Boulogne, where, 5 or 6 years planted, it is 

 nearly 10 ft. high. About London, and at Dropmore, it requires 

 protection, at least in severe winters. The purple beech, grafted 

 on the common beech, is planted at the base of a south wall, 

 and the shoots are trained against the wall, in order to procure 

 a straight stem and rapid growth. ^4mygdalus incana, against 

 a wall, is 12 ft. high. The common Scotch rose is here clipped 

 into the form of cones, 6 or 8 feet high. Quercus sessiliflora 

 incana is the same as Quercus pubescens Lod. Cat., and Quercus 

 sessiliflora pubescens Arb. Brit. Quercus australis here is a 

 variety of Quercus Plex. ^^cer creticum, from the Morea, has 

 broad leaves, and is the jtcev coriaceum of Lod., also raised 

 from seed by M. Camuset in the Jardin des Plantes. ^^cer 

 monspessulanum latifolium is the A. lobatum of the Jardin des 

 Plantes and of Lod. A. trifidum Tho%tin is the A. rotundifolium 

 of the Jardin des Plantes, and A. O'palus of Art). Brit. The 

 Lilas Charles X. is a variety of the common lilac, with the 

 flowers in compact racemes. 



In the reserve, or private, flower-garden, near the kitchen-gar- 

 den at Versailles, we observed extensive supplies of plants for the 

 borders, and for decorating the rooms of the palaces during the 

 winter season. Immense quantities of violets, lilies of the 

 valley, roses, and other flowering or fragrant plants, are kept 

 in pots ready to be forced in low pits heated by dung, smoke in 

 earthenware tubes, or by hot water in earthenware pipes or in 

 copper tubes. 



The kitchen-garden at Versailles is one of the most spacious 

 in Europe, and we hope it will not be lost sight of in forming 

 the new one at Windsor Castle. It is square in form, contains 

 about 12 acres, and is surrounded by a broad terrace, 4 or 5 feet 

 higher than the area of the garden, and which terrace is occu- 



