THE PEACH GARDENS OF MONTRETJIL. 



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branches here and there that are not wanted for next year's 

 work ; and, in short, does and explains everything before his 

 pupils. He has been cultivating Peaches here for a couple 

 of generations, and certainly has reason to be proud of the 

 result. He inquired as to the state of gardening in England, 

 and I told him we could beat him in most things, but not 

 with the Peach, and that he was indisputably the Emperor 

 of Peach-growers. 



Entering the garden, your eye for a moment rests upon 

 the perfectly-covered walls, but presently the famous Napo- 



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Peach Trees trained to form their Owner's Name against Garden Wall. 



leon Peach presents itself. It is in good health, but looks 

 a little weak about the central letters. It is, I need scarcely 

 add, beautifully trained, and a striking evidence of what 

 may be done by a skilful pruning. Looking in another 

 direction another specimen quite different from the Napoleon 

 presents itself, and it takes the form of the letters of the 

 owner's name — LEPERE. It is against a high and very 

 white wall, and at a long distance the letters stand out 

 quite clearly, while, upon approaching the tree, the 

 abundance of fruit and regularity of good wood are equally 

 satisfactory. The letters complete, a shoot is taken from 



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