THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



JUNE, 1841. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. A Gardening Visit to Paris, Jt-om June 28. to August 16. 

 1840. By the Conductor. 



{Continued from p, 204.) 



The preceding portion of our tour, as well as that which 

 follows, was written shortly after our return from France, and 

 both are published exactly as they were written. Had this not 

 been the case, we should have been tempted to introduce some 

 remarks on the recent scheme for fortifying Paris ; a scheme 

 which we deeply regret, as sinking an immense amount of 

 capital, which we cannot help thinking would have been much 

 better employed in the formation of roads, railroads, and other 

 territorial improvements. It is singular that while Paris is 

 being fortified, the walls of Potsdam are being levelled with the 

 ground, and those of Berlin are expected soon to follow. 



London to Brighton. — Jime 29. Within ten or twelve miles 

 of Brighton we observed a small villa, in which all the trees were 

 spurred in, and furnished with short branches from the ground, 

 to the top ; thus giving every tree more or less the form of a 

 cypress or Lombardy poplar, but with a considerable difference 

 in the colour and character of the surface of the foliage. The 

 effect was singular, and such as by contrast would produce a 

 striking appearance in the grounds of a small villa formed in 

 the bosom of an extensive natural forest. 



Dieppe, — -July 1, 2. Footways of asphalte are formed in 

 the principal streets, so as to add wonderfully to the comfort of 

 pedestrians. When these footpaths cross carriage entrances, 

 they do not terminate in kerbstones and steps, as is generally 

 the case in Britain, but in inclined planes, which prevent all 

 risk of stumbling, and are the more necessary in Dieppe, as these 

 carriage entrances to courts are of frequent occurrence. The 

 greater part of the town is laid out in a regular manner, with 

 the houses all of the same height, and with the same elevation ; 

 the town having been burnt down in time of war, and rebuilt by 

 the government on one general plan. The external elevations 



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