THE 



GARDENER S MAGAZINE, 



JUNE, 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 fi'om p. 134.) 



■L HE Market Gardens of Paris (les Jardins Marais) are nu- 

 merous, generally of small extent, and cultivated by manual 

 labour ; but a few of them may be designated Farm Gardens, 

 in which are used the plough and other agricultural imple- 

 ments. As vegetables enter more into the cookery of France 

 than they do into that of England, an immense quantity is 

 consumed at the hospitals and similar institutions ; and, in 

 consequence of this, the more extensive market-gardeners 

 employ their produce chiefly in executing contracts entered 

 into with public bodies. With this exception, the produce of 

 the Paris market-gardens is sold in the vegetable markets, as 

 in London. There are several of these, but none so decidedly 

 superior to all the others as to be compared to Covent Garden 

 Market. The Marche des Innocens appeared to us one of 

 the largest. We visited it twice, on September 13th, and 

 December 20th, and shall note what we saw in it on those 

 days, with the conclusions which we drew. 



La Marche des Innocens. — Sept. 13. The area exceeds an 

 acre, and is surrounded by a quadrangular range of sheds, 

 open on both sides, with a walk in the centre. In the enclosed 

 area, potatoes and other roots are sold, as in the area of 

 Covent Garden Market, We shall compare the supplies of 



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