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of Paris ; in fact, good loam, such as pines are grown 

 in near London, is not to be procured by any means ; 

 so that, while pine-growers in France have the advan- 

 tage in climate, we on this side of the water have a 

 decided advantage in soil. The principal part of 

 their pines are grown in peat: at the Baron de Roths- 

 child's, they have above a thousand pine plants, all 

 growing in that soil. When the plants are ready for 

 removing, it is performed in the following manner : — 

 The frame is first lifted from the plants, so that they 

 can be got at from all sides ; then the plants are 

 raised with a spade, care being taken to remove them 

 with as much soil adhering to their roots as possible. 

 They are then planted carefully in the pit above men- 

 tioned, three or four inches deeper than they origi- 

 nally were, to encourage new roots, which, by being 

 kept close, and shaded for a few days, if necessary, 

 they will soon make. After the plants are thus 

 established in their final quarters, no other attention 

 is required, but the general routine of culture adopted 

 for fruiting plants generally, viz., plenty of heat and 

 moisture. (Ibid. 1843, 174.) 



The Potager, or King's Kitchen Garden, at Ver- 

 sailles, was laid out by " La Quintinie," in the time 

 of Louis XIV., and no expense was spared to render 

 it a worthy appendage to the palace of Versailles, 

 which was then the residence of the gayest court in 

 Europe. The present distribution of the fruit gar- 



