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Notes and Refledmis during a Tour : — 



1, Rock, with a cascade 

 of water ; the water 

 brought by tubes from 

 a reservoir, and falling 

 from the rock into a 

 circular basin. 



2, Bronze figure, in the 

 centre of the grass 

 plot, on the entrance 

 front : it has a good 

 effect looking through 

 the iron gates from 

 the street, and also 

 lookingfrom thehouse 

 towards the iron gates, 

 serving both to mea- 

 sure or increase the 

 distance, and to en- 

 hance the interest of 

 the scene. 



3, House. 



4, Voliere (aviary). 



5, Draw-well, with ma- 

 chinery for raising the 

 water by a horse. 



6, Wooden bridge. 



7, Hot-house. 



8 and 9, Lodge of the 

 keeper, the roof of 

 which forms a terrace, 

 which is ascended 

 from walks conducted 

 on the high banks 

 which surround the 

 garden. These banks 

 are planted so as com- 

 pletely to shut out the 

 surrounding houses. 



10, Avenue of the 

 Champs Elysees. 



11, Barriere derEtoile. 



12, Street houses. 



There are numerous small Town Gardens in Paris, and many 

 houses have gardens of pots on their roofs. In a work en- 

 titled Le Jardinier des Fenetres, the author directs how a con- 

 siderable collection of plants may be grown on the roofs of 



