LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



French-garden Side of the Little 



Trianon ..... 

 View on the English-garden Side of 



the Little Trianon 

 Grand Trianon : one of the results of 



the " Genius of Le Notre ! " . 

 An Avenue of old Lombardy Poplars 



at Versailles (near the Little 



Trianon) ..... 

 A Shorn Tree ("ideal" form: after 



years of mutilation the trees are 



eyen more hideous) 

 Among the Trees, Little Trianon 



(Spring) 



In the Little Trianon (Summer). 

 Section of a Conservatory arranged in 



the Natural Style 

 Ground-plan of Winter-garden . 

 Cool Conservatory with Vegetation 



planted out. .... 



Acanthus latifolius in Window in 



Paris ...... 



Wreath of Wistaria above Ivy (by 



Roadside, Vincennes to Montreuil) . 

 A Paris Garden not spoiled by Beds 

 Trellis for Vines on Top of Dead Wall 



(Vincennes) . . . . 



A Town-garden in Paris . 

 The Degradation of Water (iu small 



Garden near Vincennes) . 

 A garden horror : the mirror-globe 

 Wall Pear-tree with vertical branches : 



ten years planted 

 Outhouse covered with Plum-trees at 



Versailles . . . . . 



Trellis for Pear-trees : ten feet high . 

 View of portion of Square devoted 



to double Espaliers of Pear-trees at 



Versailles . . . . . 



Double Trellis for Pear-trees : ten feet 



high 



Wall of Easter Beurr^ Pears in the 



School of Horticulture at Versailles. 

 Wall of Peach-trees in the Potagerie at 



Versailles . . . . . 



Side-view of protection to double line 



of Espaliers ..... 

 Border of superimposed Cordons at 



Versailles . . . . ■ 



Plan of a Fruit-garden for the north 



of France ..... 

 Double Espalier with a row of Cordons 



on each side, showing mode of pro- 

 tecting the whole in spring . 

 Fruit-tree in the Vase form 

 Hedge of Pear-trees (half formed) 

 The Apple trained as a Simple Hori- 

 zontal Cordon, grafted on the French 



Paradise Stock .... 



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Simple and Double Cordon Trees train- 

 ing as Edgings . . . .281 



Cordon Tree on low Wall of Plant-house 282 

 Young Cordon Tree of the Lady Apple 



trained as an Edging . . . 283 

 The White Calville Apple . . .285 



Reinette du Canada trained as a Cordon 286 

 Edging of Simple Cordons three years 



eld in Fruit-garden at Brunoy . 287 

 Grafting by approach, to unite the 



points of Horizontal Cordons . . 288 

 Another Mode of Grafting to unite the 



Cordons ..... 289 

 The Horizontal Cordon trained as an 



Edging 290 



Simple Mode of protecting Cordon 

 Apple-trees in M. Jamin's Garden at 



Bourg-la-Reine .... 291 



Narrow border in front of fruit-wall . 294 



Peach wall and border . . . 294 



Simple wooden support for Cordon . 295 



Iron support let into stone . . 295 

 Iron support, with ratchet wheel at 



the top ..... 295 

 Wall of Cordon Pear-trees in the Gar- 

 dens at Holme Lacy . . 296 

 Oblique Cordon Pear. 2nd year . 297 

 Oblique Cordon Pear. 3rd year , 297 

 Pear-tree trained as a Vertical Cordon 298 

 The Pear trained as an Oblique Cordon 299 

 Pear-tree trained in U form for very 



high walls ..... 300 



The Spiral Cordon against walls . 301 

 Young Peach-tree trained as an Oblique 



Cordon. 1st year . . . 303 

 Peach-tree trained as an Oblique Cor- 

 don. 2nd year's pruning . . 303 

 The Peach trained as an Oblique Cordon. 



(Du Breuil) .... 304 

 Young Peach-tree with three stems, a 



different variety being grafted on each 305 



Flower of the French Paradise Apple . 307 



Fruit of the French Paradise Apple . 309 



Thomery mode of iizing the bottles . 317 



Ferriferes mode of fixing the bottles . 317 

 Portion of upright used iu Grape-room 



at Ferri^res .... 317 



Section of Grape-room at Heckfield . 319 



Mr. Dodd's tube for Grapes in Water . 320 



Kemp's Grape-rail . . . . 32 1 



Interior of Grape-room at Thomery . 322 

 Permanent tiled coping to Peach-wall, 



Bourg-la-Eeine .... 323 

 Peach-tree (Candelabrum) with the 



vertical branches in the U form . 324 

 Peach-tree with 20 vertical branches 



(Candelabrum form) in full bearing. 325 



Pyramid Beurrd Dumont . . . 326 



Winged Pyramid, Beurrd Hardy . 327 



