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LIST OF PLATES. 



PIG. PAGB 



38. The Colonnade at Versailles 247 



39. V^iew in the Gardens of the Petit Trianon 250 



40. The Parterre at Fontainebleau 353 



41. View from the Parterre at Fontainebleau 254 



42. Gardens and Palace of St. Cloud 259 



43. The Peach trained as an oblique cordon 368 



44. Pear tree trained as a Palmette Verrier 374 



45. View in Mushroom Caves under Montrouge 477 



46. The Halles Centrales 540 . 



47. Interior of the Halles Centrales 542 



48. The Place St. Sulpice 544 



MAPS :- 



Bois de Boulogne 28 



Vincennes . 36 



Versailles et les Trianons 248 



BY TKE SAME AUTHOR. 



In Preparation, and will be Published during the present Year, 



^LI^IDSTE I>3L,-A.3SrTS. 



This book will contain an explanation of the principles on wliicli the exquisite flora 

 of Alpine countries may be grown in all parts of the British Islands ; illustrations of 

 properly formed rockwork for these plants, with sections showing the wrong as well 

 as the right modes of constructing it ; views of the natural homes of the plants, 

 illustrating the Author's tour in the Alps, and a description, devoid of all technicalities, 

 of a choice selection of the more beautiful and interesting kinds, and their successful 

 cultivation. 



