330 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. XX. 



grown in France. The plan of forming a special garden for fully- 

 trained fruit-trees is well worthy of imitation by growers of fruit- 

 trees for sale. 



Pear-tree grow?i by M. Croux, of Sceaux. AU t/ie points of the branches futve been united 



by grafting. 



On mentioning to M. Durand my wish to have a plan of what he 

 would consider a good example of a fruit-garden in Northern 



stack, six feet apart. H, East wall with Winter Fears, smh as Raster BeurrS, Crassane, and St. 

 Gertnain. /, South wall of Peach-trees with five erect branches, eight feet asunder, j. North 

 wall with Cherries in the palmette form, about sixteen feet apart. K, West wall of Summer and 

 Autumn Pears. LL, Interior walls of the garden. M, Pyramidal Pears, twenty feet apart. N, 

 East wall with Apricots— horizontally-trained trees, planted twenty feet apart. O, West wall 

 with Plums, twenty feet apart. P, Gooseberries. Q, Currants. H, Raspberries. S, Boundary 

 trellis, which may be covered with Vines, or Fears if in a cold climate. 



