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THE GARDEN OF ACCLIMATIZATION. 



the world_, should be lost to horticulture and to science. I 

 saw a man carrying manure on his back to the vines, and 

 sat down and contemplated him going through the inte- 

 resting task ; the basket (panier) was placed on a slightly ele- 

 vated board supported by three sticks^ from which he could 

 readily hook on to it when it was filled. I looked at him with 

 respect and some sympathy^ just as we should at a living 

 specimen of the Dodo or any other animal supposed to be 

 extinct. It occurred to me at the time that the acclimati- 

 zation of a handy useful species of wheelbarrow would not 



Fig. 15. 



Conservatory in the Jardin d'Acclimatation. 



be unworthy of the Society. However, it is only fair to add 

 that this kind of basket would prove useful in town garden- 

 ing, where soil has often to be taken through the house, 

 also for carrying vegetables,, and for conveyance of manure 

 between close rows of vines^ and like uses. 



Although the glass-houses in the garden afford but little 

 interest; rockwork and the planting out of fine foliage plants 

 tend to make the conservatory very pleasant and refreshing. 



