Httl IiOIlTlCULTUllAL TOUR. 



fruiting-house, and the produce is sent to market. This 

 is a branch of the business with which a Parisian nursery- 

 man has no acquaintance. An extensive botanical garden 

 has here been established, under the direction of Mr Do- 

 nald Monro *, who was educated under the late distinguish- 

 ed Mr George Don of Forfar. The plants are arranged 

 according to the Linnean system, in seven parallel beds or 

 borders, which pass around the whole extent of the gar- 

 den, with two rows of plants in each bed. Each plant is 

 accompanied by a tally, containing the name of the genus, 

 and indicating in figures the number of the species in the 

 garden catalogue. As a collection of hardy herbaceous 

 plants, this bids fair to be second to none. — We next visit- 

 ed the fruit-tree nursery-lines. The young peach-trees 

 were, in Mr Macdonald's opinion, better than most of those 

 which lie had seen at Vitry. The more common peaches 

 are worked on mussel-plum stocks ; the finer, such as the 

 grosse mignonne, gallande, and Grimwood's Royal George, 

 on what are called pear-plum stocks. Almond-stocks are 

 very little resorted to. — On inquiry we were told;, that one 

 of the principal stock-growers (who supplies these as well 

 as stocks for apples, pears, &c.) is Mr Donald at Working, 

 near Guildford ; and another, Mr Watraw, at Knaphill, 

 near Ripley. 



Oct. 7. — Mr Macdonald having gone to the seat of the 

 Duchess of Buccleuch at Richmond, I spent the morning 

 in Covcnt-Gardcn Market, a never-failing resource for 

 amusement and instruction to the horticulturist. My ve- 



• Now superintendant of the pardon of the Horticultural Society of 

 don. 



