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some delicacy in entering any of them before receiving an 

 answer. 



We saw little of the Palace itself, and felt little curiosity 

 to view it. We only remarked, that the balcony in front 

 of the gallery along which the King daily passes in going 

 to mass, is adorned with numerous marble vases, having 

 pots with geraniums in flower concealed in them. The 

 plants are chiefly varieties of Pelargonium zonale, hybridum 

 and inquinans. 



Tu ilcries Gardens. 

 The gardens of the Tuileries, it is well known, remain 

 nearly m the style of Le Notre, who planned and executed 

 them, and who thus laid the foundation for that lasting 

 fame, which was secured by his works at Versailles. The 

 coup d'oeil is highly pleasing ; and we are bound to add, 

 that we were offended much less by stiffness and formality 

 than we had been taught to expect. Under the windows 

 of a palace, and almost in contact with the streets of a 

 great city, symmetry and neatness seem more appropriate 

 than attempts at the imitation of natural scenery. The 

 grounds exceed GO acres in extent, almost forming a paral- 

 lelogram. Along the front of the palace runs a broad 

 terrace, raised by only three steps above the general level 

 of the ground ; and at right angles to this, on either side, 

 are other terraces, extending the whole length of the garden. 

 A spacious main walk or drive conducts straight through 

 the centre, interrupted only by two pieces of water; first 

 by a circular pond near the chateau, and afterwards by a 

 very large one, of an octagonal form, near the gate leading 

 to the Place Louis XV. It is scarcely necessary to say, 

 th.it there are several subordinate walks parallel to the 

 main one, and also numerous cross and diagonal paths, the 



