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



firmly, and the tree being altogether a decided improyement upon 

 the pyramid for important positions in gardens. 



FeekiIcees. — The fruit-garden here is the finest I have seen in 

 any priyate place in France. There are many beautifully-formed 

 espalier-trees. They are more than twice as high as those 

 usually seen in our gardens, being about ten feet high ; but not a 



square foot of the whole surface of a 

 trellis several hundred feet long is with- 

 out the portion of branch which the 

 fruit-grower originally intended it to 

 carry. The form mostly employed is 

 the palmetto, scores of them being as 

 regularly formed as if the shoots pushed 

 and sap flowed at the grower's bidding. 

 Walks, extending the full length and 

 breadth of the garden, are bordered with 

 these high trellises, the effect being very 

 good. Other kinds of espalier-trees, of 

 which the branches do not turn up at 

 the ends, but run obliquely their whole 

 length, are abundant here, and are pre- 

 ferred to the Palmetto Verrier, which. 



Pear-tree in Balloon Jbrtn^ seoen~ 

 teen feet high and six feet in 

 dia-meter. 



Plan of Pear-tree in Balloon 

 form. 



once formed, does not admit of increase in size. Trellises for 

 espalier-trees are numerous here. The reason is that the autumnal 

 winds are very destructive to large finely grown Pears on pyramidal 

 trees; on trees fixed to espaliers the fruit will withstand the 

 strongest September gale. This is an important consideration for 

 those who wish to grow the finest kinds of keeping Pears. This 

 garden contains hundreds of the finest pyramidal Pear-trees^ tall. 



