♦68 HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



nurseries, fruit-trees arc kept from six to nine years under 

 training, — a practice very different from that at Edinburgh, 

 where they seldom remain more than three or four years in 

 the nursery. 



M. Noisette is about to publish " Lc Jardin Fruitier,'" 

 in two thin volumes 4to, with a volume of coloured plates, 

 representing the different fruits. Some of these plates 

 I saw in his library. In point of execution they are 

 inferior to those of Hooker or even of Bradshaw ; but as 

 M. Noisette has a most extensive practical knowledge of 

 the fruits of France, the work will doubtless prove highly 

 deserving of a place in the Horticultural Society's collection. 

 He mentioned to me that he is also engaged in a work on 

 forest trees, both those for allignement (avenue and hedge- 

 row trees), and for ornament (park and lawn trees and 

 evergreens). He is to treat also of ornamental shrubs. It 

 seems probable, however, that some years will elapse before 

 this work be sent to press. I may add that M. Noisette, 

 after having, with much care, studied the fruits of France 

 for many years, expresses his high opinion of the general ac- 

 curacy of the great work of Duhamel du Monceau. The 

 execution of the engravings also is masterly. I would 

 therefore strongly recommend to the Society to take the 

 earliest convenient opportunity of furnishing their library 

 w ith a complete copy of the splendid and expensive " Trai- 

 te des Arbres Fruiters'" of that celebrated author. * 



Luxembourg Nurseries. 

 1821, Aug. 9,0. — Accompanied by Mr Blaikie from St 

 Germain, I spent the forenoon of this day in the Chartrcux 

 Nurseries. Louis XIV. was, I believe, the first distin- 



• A. J. Marchant, Rue des Grands-Augustins, and Madame Huzard, 

 Hue de VEpeam, nt the booksellers in Paris who have the hest assortment 

 uS horticultural work;,. 



