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unpruned, or laid in at full length, but every where bent: 

 this bending or arquure having been strongly recommend- 

 ed by M. Cadet de Vaux, as calculated to supersede pruning. 

 It is remarked, that if a robber be cut, an effort is made by the 

 tree to produce another strong shoot ; but if the gourmand 

 be bent and retained in the curved position, the juices be- 

 come fully elaborated, and flowers and fruit result, while 

 no new attempt is made to send forth a strong shoot. All 

 the branches of the trees on this peach-espalier are tied 

 with rushes, either to nails or to the spars of the treillagc. 

 The wall is old and rough, and must be rather favourable 

 to the lodging of noxious insects ; and of this defect M. 

 Du Petit-Thouars seemed abundantly aware. At this 

 time, we must confess, all the trees, in whatever way train- 

 ed or pruned, presented a fair crop of fruit. We may add, 

 indeed, that the whole establishment seems to be well ma- 

 naged, and does credit equally to the Director and to M. 

 Bonnet, the practical superintendant under him. 



M. Du Petit-Thouars appears to be a strenuous advo- 

 cate for the mode of training or pruning young peach-trees 

 recommended, within these few years, by M. Sicullc. This 

 person is fruit and kitchen gardener to the Due de 

 Praslin, and has under his management an excellent pa- 

 tager at Vaux-Praslin *. The distinguishing character- 

 istics of Sieulle's method are applicable only to very young 



• The Park of Vaux Praslin is particularly remarkable for this, — that it 

 was the very first place planned and executed by Le Notre, before he had 

 attracted the notice of his royal patron. We may here mention, that, for the 

 last thirty years, the park and pleasure-grounds have been under the manage- 

 ment of Mr Archibald M acmastcr, a Scottish gardener, who was introduced 

 into P ranee by Mr Blaikic. Macmaster, feeling the advances of age, has 

 recently resigned his charge, and retired (with a pension from his noble cm- 

 plnycr) to a small property of his own atChcssy, near Lagny,— still cherish- 

 ing the warmest regard for Scotia, and delighted to hear of her prosperity 

 and improvements. 



