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before an attentive class, consisting of several hundred 

 persons, and elucidates the subject in a "way which cannot 

 fail to highly benefit the numerous amateurs who attend. 

 It is interesting to see such a number of people here at 

 nine o'clock in the morning, and the deep interest taken in 

 the matter, speaks much for the excellence of the professor. 

 As botanical professors lead their pupils on occasional ex- 

 cursions over meadow and hill, so M. Riviere takes his classes 

 to famous horticultural establishments from time to time, — 

 to Montreuil, famous for its peaches ; Thomery, for its 

 vines, and so on. There are many lectures delivered in 

 England on like subjects, but none so directly useful to the 

 horticulturist as these. 



M. Riviere, being an admirer of Woodwardias, pays 

 special attention to their cultivation, and succeeds in grow- 

 ing them to great size in small baskets, balls of moss, &c. 

 The accompanying plate will show how effective they are 

 when thus treated. Some of the specimens are placed in 

 the open garden on rustic stands or in vases during the 

 warmer months, and thus they grace the flower garden in 

 summer as well as the conservatory in winter. 



