THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTDRI6T. 



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botanist, nor a florist, and, besides, you 

 must remember it is winter, and winter 

 in Geneva means death to flowers. The 

 Jardin Ancrlais is so called because it is 

 laid out after the manner of English 

 landscape gardening, which, as you 

 know, is much more free and easy than 

 the French style, with its stiff" and 

 painfully regular mathematical lines. 

 It is 1,200 Yeet long, and about 325 

 feet wide. It lies at the foot of Lake 

 Leraan, on the south side, just where 

 the " arrowy Rhine " leaves it on its 

 journey to the sea and the sunny 

 south. On the oi e side it is bounded 

 by the waters of the lake, as blue as 

 indigo ; on the other by a wide and 

 handsome street of very lofty houses. 

 It is well stocked with trees and 

 shrubs, and further adorned with broad 

 winding gravel walks and elaborate 

 flower borders. The first thing that at- 

 tracts attention upon entering it is the 



NATIONAL MOXUMENT, 



erected by the citizens of Geneva, 

 to commemorate the reunion of the 

 Canton of Geneva with Swiss 

 Confederation, effected on the 12th 

 of September, 1814. This consists 

 of two colossal female figures in 

 bronze, clasping each other around the 

 waist in a most frii ndly fashion. Both 

 are draped in flowing robes. Geneva 

 has a c;)stle for her crown, wears a 

 corslet of chain armotir, and holds in 

 her right hand a drawn sword. Hel- 

 \"etia, representing the Confederacy, 

 has her brow adorned with a laurel 

 wreath, her bosom is bared and her 

 sword is sheathed. Each has buckled 

 on to her right and left arm a shield, 

 emblazoned with the arms of the city 

 and the canton respectively. The city 

 arms have a large key and a crowned 

 eagle, above which are spreading rays, as 

 of the rising sun, in the centre of 

 which are the mystic letters I.H.S., 

 and the motto of the city, " Post tene- 

 bra.t lux. The other has the Maltese 



cross, with this motto : " Un pom- 

 tous ei tousjwur un." Near the centre 

 of the gard- n there is a beautiful foun- 

 tain in bronze. On either side of it 

 bronze busts t.n marble pedestals to F. 

 Diday, 1802-1879, and Alexandre 

 Calaine, 1810-1864. That is all that 

 is said about these gentlemen, who, 

 doubtless, were notable men in their 

 day. Besides the covered band-stand, 

 where sweet music is discoursed in 

 summer, thei-e are a number of " Ki- 

 osques,"* useful and ornamental, re- 

 freshment rooms, (fee. In one of these 

 there is a very interesting relief of 



MoxT Blanc 

 in wood, twenty-six feet long. This 

 monai'ch of mountains is not visi- 

 ble from the garden, but from the 

 opposite side of the lake, of a clear 

 evening, about the set of sun, Mont 

 Blanc is seen to advantage, though 60 

 miles ofi^. Indeed, it is the grandest 

 " sight " in Geneva. From the garden, 

 however, you have a fine view of the 

 long Jui'a range — at this time of the 

 year covered with snow — also of the 

 lovely lake, which stretches away to the 

 north-east upwards of fiity miles. The 

 bay immediately in front of the garden 

 is protected by substantial stone break- 

 waters, and px'esents a veiy lively ap- 

 pearance with steamers, lateen-rigged 

 schooners, yachts and row-boats in 

 great variety flitting about. Along 

 with this I am sending you rude 

 sketches of 



THREE TREES 



in the garden, which at ti-acted my 

 attention especially. No. 1 is a 

 very fine specimen of the Welliny- 

 tonia gigantica — the best I have ever 

 seen. It is in perfect health, and .he 

 foliage, even at this inclement season, is 

 luxuriant. Not trusting my unaided 

 eye, I had the gai-dener to help me 

 measure it. It stands fifty feet in its 



