THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



FEBRUARY, 1831. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. 



Art. I. Notes and Reflections made during a Tour through Part 

 of France and Germany, in the Autumn of the Year 1828. By 

 the Conductor. 



(^Continued from Vol. VI. p. 649.) 



Sept. 11. 1828. — The Garden of Sceaiix, or, as it is there 

 called, the Public Park at Sceaux, is the last garden of festi- 

 vity which we shall notice. It is situated about six miles south 

 from Paris, and is formed from a part of the remains of the 

 grounds belonging to the magnificent chateau of the Duke de 

 Penthievre, which was destroyed at the first Revolution. 

 The rest of this extensive domain is broken down into a 

 number of handsome villa residences, occupied by bankers 

 and other citizens of Paris, and by strangers. Some of these 

 villas, more especially those of Admiral Tchitchagoff and 

 the Comtesse de Bruce, we shall have occasion hereafter to 

 notice. The immediate site of the chateau, or rather palace, 

 exhibits a melancholy picture of fallen greatness. Among 

 the principal appendages we could not help being struck with 

 the bridge over the moat, with its accompanying guard-house, 

 and a small battery for cannon, in magnificent Grecian archi- 

 tecture, and remaining almost entire. What is now the 

 garden of Sceaux was modified so as to adapt it to its present 

 use by a citizen of Sceaux, and it now, as we were informed, 

 belongs to that town. It is principally resorted to as a place 

 for dancing, on Sundays and other holidays, and is well 

 Vol. VII. — No. 30. b 



