14 GARDENS OF THE LOUVRE AND THE TUILERIES. 



tents of whicli are placed out in summer, an alley arclied 

 over -witli lime trees by tlie side of the Rue de Bivoli, and 

 at ttie western end there are terraces wliicli afford a capital 

 view of tlie bright and busy scene around and the noble 

 avenue towards the west. There is a great deal of sculp- 

 ture, both copies of celebrated works and original ones, 

 but as for fresh horticultural interest there is little or none 

 to be seen ; and a passing glance is all the visitor need be- 

 stow on the public part of the garden of the Tuileries, 

 though it is only fair to add that its general effect is very 



Fia. 7. 



The Rhone and the Saone, by G. Coustou, in the Tuileries Gardens. 



good, and that it in all respects answers its purpose as a play 

 and promenading ground and a " lung to the city. 



A few words must be devoted to those long lines of large 

 orange trees in tubs — they are so very conspicuous that 

 they force themselves upon our attention. There are many 

 ignorant and hopeless ways of spending money in gardens, 

 but few more so than this, — indeed it is one of the most fami- 

 liar instances of unworthy outlay that is known. Consider 

 for a moment the enormous expense incurred by those lines 

 of finely-grown old orange trees in the gardens of the 

 Tuileries, at Versailles, the Luxembourg, and in other gar- 



