1 ] 2 Gardens and Nurseries at Lyons. 



Art. V. Notices of the Gardens and Nurseries in Lyons and its 

 Neighbourhood. From the "Annales d' Agriculture, &c, de Lyon," 

 for 1838. 



The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Lyons was 

 founded in 1761, revived in 1814, and reorganised in 1837. 

 About this time the Society appointed a committee to examine 

 the markets of flowers, fruits, and vegetables of Lyons, and also 

 to make a tour of the horticultural establishments in the neigh- 

 bourhood of that city. Various reports of the produce brought 

 to market were in consequence, from time to time, made to the 

 Society, and medals of silver, others of bronze, and also " la 

 mention honorable," awarded to the most successful cultivators. 

 These awards are independent of those given at the periodical 

 exhibitions of flowers and other garden produce, held several 

 times every year in the orangery of the Botanic Garden ; and 

 they are also independent of medals given for having gardens in 

 a good state of cultivation, &c. In the beginning of September, 

 1838, the committee commenced making the tour of the gardens 

 and nurseries : it occupied them three days, and the Report 

 which they made to the Society fills 21 pages of their Annales. 

 We have extracted from it such parts as we think will be of 

 interest to the British gardener ; mentioning such plants as it 

 might be worth the while of any one having a correspondent at 

 Lyons to endeavour to procure. Exclusively, however, of these 

 plants, all who take an interest in the spread and improvement 

 of gardening will have pleasure in remarking the extraordinary 

 increase of nurserymen and florists which has taken place at 

 Lyons since the peace of 1815, when, we believe, there was only 

 one nursery, that of M. Sedy, and no market-gardener at all. 

 There are now 16 nurseries and florists' gardens, and a market- 

 gardener, who sends mushrooms to market every day in the 

 year, and sells melons to the amount of 7000 fr. in a season. To 

 an amateur of leisure, we would suggest, as an agreeable and 

 useful way of passing two months, to go to Lyons, examine all 

 the gardens which are mentioned in this article, and order such 

 novelties as he is not possessed of, or as he thinks will be accept- 

 able to the gardening world in England. 



Nursery of M. Bourcier, Proprietor at Francheville. The col- 

 lection of fruit trees is extensive, and that of mulberries still 

 more so. The Griotte de Monmorlot cherry was considered by 

 the committee as a new and fine fruit. 



The Nicrsery of M. Bouchard, is of great extent, and contains 

 numerous plant-houses. 



The Garden of M. Gariot contains a collection of rare and 

 curious varieties of grapes. Among these are le Chasselas rose 



