41 (i HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



stocks of Rosa villosa and R. canina. Most of the species 

 had this season produced abundant flowers, for there was 

 now a plentiful crop of heps. Interspersed among the 

 rose-trees are many plants of Chrysanthemum Indicum, 

 which are now beginning to come into blossom, and which 

 will prolong the show of flowers till the frosts of December. 

 In the shrubbery, the hybrid varin is much more frequent 

 than the common lilac, and it makes a more tractable orna- 

 mental shrub. The sward on the lawn is kept verdant by 

 regular watering ; but it is not compact or smooth. It is 

 watered by means of a force-pump placed at the margin of 

 the pond, to which is attached a long leathern tube, end- 

 ing with a large brass-rose, such as has been already de- 

 scribed, (p. 3 i5.) The tube, according to its length, re- 

 quires two or three men to manage it, while two are em- 

 ployed in pumping. In this way, the grounds, parterre 

 and shrubbery, as well as gazo?i, to a very considerable dis- 

 tance around, can be easily refreshed with artificial showers 

 when thought necessary. 



Over the parapet-wall of the garden we had a view of 

 part of the fruit-tree nursery. A cherry-tree with foliage 

 of signal luxuriance caught our eye : we could only learn 

 that it is called Cerise de quaf a la livre, and that it does 

 not yield fruit, " ni grand, ni petit. 11 



Pepiniere of Lacroix. 

 On our way to the grounds of M. Cels, we made a tran- 

 sient call at the nurseries of Lacroix. They proved but of 

 the secondary order, neither very extensive nor rich in 

 plants, and therefore need not detain us long. While we 

 were looking at his collection of cherry-trees, the owner 

 very compJaisantly passed a eulogy on " cerises Anglais," 

 at the same time pointing out trees, the foliage and twigs 



