Fesrvary 21, 1857.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
117 
less 
| 
he is a great enthusiast way votes as much of 
is ti appe 
In eel part of the garden i noticed that some experi- 
ments were being tried with various plants for hedges 
fi nees. 
= naa a fine morning that I visited gr 
| Marché hé de la ia Madeleine, t = principal flower market 
This hel the bro p pavement that 
— «a ` Madeleine. Chu 
struct 
the ne ii mi paray for all pos 
mble ¢ r. They were very pre 
cally made, many of them all of Rose 
and the market women were busy in making up 
supply from loose fiowers. rge quantity of plants 
‘or decora urposes were here, the l 
santhemums, Roses, and a 
large quan of Veronica speciosa, which is here a 
most useful plant, being literally mee with bloom. 
One thing marked impre on my 
mind the vividness of all the colouring = flowers. 
At the palace of the Petit Trianon, a short distance from 
Versailles, the colour of the old ‘Salvia mjerene was 
us; ov at the Grand EIOPA the display | 8 
d that already noticed at Fontaine- 
~~ have only seen the Dakin under or our 
pore om have n no an naa of its beauty i in peg 
never 
truly gorgeo 
of aps = 
and arrange 
before saw anythin o imposing in the floral w as 
When speaking of $ Cloud I ought to have noticed 
i occasiona 
OO 
skill and judgment, and no one can have such trees | 
h 
Pear car on his etna Sy and the beehive at his 
door, source m 
ad 
also, very agricultur 
r less accustomed t 
D the use of t 
seats and tables to rest him from his toils mt enjoy 
the odour of his flowers and the hum of his bee 
Pes that is required for their epee 
auger, an axe, a gouge, and a few 
ssessed a every man ¢ 
is a sa aw, 
ihe iene 
common intelligence, 
ws by its exer 
n the choice of wood, the é Apple, gnarled and bossed 
into ae rosettes by frequent pruning and Nature’s 
efforts to heal the wounds, is the best suited for the 
p ; but j , or Oak are also suitable 
from the frequent bendings and elbows in their ~~ 
The wood should be dry before working; it may 
o that palace, we passed 
where the reaches of the 
I visited N nar ge w the*far-famed establishment 
of M. de Miellez. Camellia are largely grown here, and 
Camellias “In itisa amen in turf through which | 
: _ ditch, whieh I cou e with 
English no 
naagin and ae p ponents is a man of spirit for 
ttemptin much, H. Bailey. 
Elm perhaps, should be chosen, and the e a slightly 
bevelled from beneath—the holes erage be bored with 
eet pe e in from th pr In this, 
cu sity consists in the choice 
interweave 
tops of the ocd may be form 
ut split bat rreran th pend kr = branchings 
aie legs, pieces may be grafted 
application of the gouge to 
oss, as seen on ge 
quite take see the 
unpleasant effect of the junction 
It ge 4 remains to explain how ee more complicated 
s. 10, 11, 12, and 13, have their backs 
i ical, A bran 
e perpendicular ly t which is 
Opened out it forms two dpuiinetitenl sides 
properly handed, poe a rounded side for the pr a 
flat behind. The frame of the back of No. 
and 14 may be manufactured by pik old 
rang firkins or ot other packi with Haz 
ct a wil 
respect by this ENEDA R of his pe which will 
remove him from improvident habits and ale- 
house companions. R. R: 
[We shall publish these gu pF ring a — 
till they have all appeared ; 
’ either be used with the bark on and a coat or two of| fore requested to take care of the 1 a a 
win nad Soot be Ee s alint the paint applied after the ere astra of the article, or | vations.] 
St. Germaiu Pear which was desi nasg as the St Ger pone Saito age i ERIE S pme a 
main Gris te inguish it from 8 e old variety, a coat of imperial varnish ; this is so far ag erable as th e Corresponden 
fruit of whicl hi bark, if the 2 t is newed, is aptina year or| Roses = ea I Lays Grumble). a What. rer our old 
ruit o ; ch is greenish big A Biouake at first that the Í two to separate and peel off. riends are making! I as you tk am quite in 
ao. I pee oriog to atts as oy ee pax oye F The laputis fs a natural taby of the branch | flutter of venerable indignation, Bag with Mr. 
- them on the E pmmoti or g 4a St. Germa fs are to the required purpose must have the first Deanna Paul, to think that after the kindness I have shown him 
against a wall in the Jardin des Plantes at Roe Th tion, and some little practice is necessary to a me: for years past, he will persist in cuit g” me for new 
grafts, whic kad 6 an ti Teen bine of ihe this, In No 1, the triple fork of a branch ot a ee uain Kode p Raa spies, and nch 
Le Et bretiches fg ve trae. “Caused wall of the | simply reversed and flattened forms the leg of a stoo iy “ intrigante: wh better than they 
TOL examining the collection in September last, I| which a rounded piece of plank is nailed to complete | should be (I can’t ene speaking strongly); I hbare met 
, erved a great differenc the fruits borne by the bo tee gte e for ; 
tree, All those n the branches w originated from nen for all Mee fine ores 
my grafts being as completely prey [or russeted] as a appe champion, 
Reinette Grise Apple, whilst the others were green, Mr y eig on’t Mr. 5 
There Be eeo a slight difference in the form of the do battle in my behalf? I 
fruit ; it was somewhat less i aperia towards the eye, think I see my shr | 
I have ely tasted both sorts; the St. Germain Gris is his shoulders and a he 
hi ured. There is no particular difference in «p d Rose, s A pe 
the wood and leaves. The St. Germain Gris is there- ” but ho y deli yo 
fore a very distinct variety from the common or White use now;” but how he first 
St, Germain. With rd to its orig have been saw me! how he winked ; 
n. Du Breuil, 
ved many years ago 
| into the collection of the E] Society ; but it 
q pet to i the same as i e common St. Germain, long 
i n this countr ue 
The Ro 
however ko die nt. Variations 
ual are induced b 
and minatan unfavoura apie 
r of the y 
its e rmal 
that Soei 
eR distinet “ndividua l ha 
a 
kon! couspie uous. 
one of that sort hav 
orts are making to improve the 
T, and to insure him share 
own sphere, the state of his 
ibe the gr oa ane ihe, atte of his 
it tno as fats as ible con- 
liness, com and, soot all, 
of the ess members of his 
Sere » his ee and it 
were ee ee 
of prof 1 me of pleasurable oc 
1 
tention, sees i 
are 
iter y. 
peni and adapt it to its resting o 
Nos. 
me sa to form le e 
e former instance by pieces of plank, or by smoothin 
th top of the main branch when this is tolerably thick 
egs, 
No, 4. 
in itself. In No, 4, eee is supposed to be taken 
of some of the kn modir excrescences to 
grotesque resemblance to an 
found a strong tendency to the hone tire in the vo 
inds o try l ae 
oR ae es 
Sl 
Í forms to Nos. 5, 6, 7,8. In No. sean plank, 
and 4, branches are spliced on to the main stem | doesn’t much care 
and the seai i 
a 
, and so devoted to 
ur sex. Since Ifirst “came out” I have made many 
Betea friends whom I can i introduce without scandal, 
among them t 
does 5s ear the colours of the Duchess of Sutherland, he is is. 
Prevost td ady, sh 
I intrigued a good 
Commander-in-Chief Lord Eien he is certainly very 
goryan in his laced jeas very different to that 
b General re is — 
lishman, but a tok conceited general, 
