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for carrying on the business, so that the men were obliged to 

 leave for want of their wages ; and such was the character of the 

 place, that no others were to be found willing to engage, as few 

 had ever had any thing to do here without repenting it. I was 

 very sorry to see such a fine nursery as this was, and one which, 

 by good management, might by this time have been the finest in 

 France, all going, as at present, to pieces. I was informed that 

 the houses and grounds have been purchased by the College, for 

 the purpose of removing the Jardin des Plantes from its present 

 situation to Trianon, which is a much more eligible place than 

 that in which it is now situated. I visited several other nurseries 

 and gardens, but I found very little of any consequence : the 

 plant-houses were nearly all occupied by well-known species of 

 plants ; and, in the open ground, standard rose trees and fruit 

 trees were the principal objects. In travelling from Rouen to 

 Havre, you pass through one of the finest corn countries in 

 France, and one which is deemed the granary of France. Im- 

 mense quantities of apple trees are planted in rows, in some places 

 along the roadside, in others through the fields in irregular 

 rows : all these are for the production of apples for the purpose 

 of making cider, which is the principal drink of the people in, 

 this part of the country. Some of the cider is good, but a great 

 part of it is very inferior ; what the poor people drink is called 

 boisson ; that is, half cider and half water ; which mixture tastes, 

 to a person not used to it, very nauseous. Havre being a sea- 

 port, there are no gardens of any consequence there. The 

 harbour is good, and many large ships are at present in port, 

 especially those of Americans, who seem to have a great deal of 

 traffic here. I left Havre by the Camilla steamer for South- 

 ampton, which we reached in ten hours after leaving the port of 

 Havre. I was very much gratified with my journey, especially 

 with the part of it made through Belgium, where the spirit of 

 gardening is, at the present time, at a much higher pitch than 

 in France. 



Art. III. A Series of Designs for laying out Kitchen- Gardens. By 

 Mr. T. Rutger. Design 4., Containing Two Acres within the 

 Walls, and an Acre and a Half in the Slips. 



The following plan {fig. 75.) comprises about two acres 

 within the walls, including the forcing department, to which the 

 slips are intended to add nearly an acre and a half more. Doors 

 may be put in the side walls, for convenience, if wanted. The 

 middle walk through the garden is intended to be wide enough 

 for a cart or carriage, which is always convenient, and more 



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