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THE SQUARE DES BATIGNOLLES. 



The Square des Batignolles^ constructed on the once 

 open space in front of the church belonging to the com- 

 mune^ is the largest of all the squares belonging to new 

 Paris ; it contains over three acres of ground_, without 

 taking into consideration wide promenades planted with 

 trees outside. It cost no less than 60^000/. The works were 

 commenced in 1862, and were finished the following year. 



In a work of this kind minute details, especially of 

 commonplace subjects, are very rarely desirable, and for 

 this reason I avoid as much as possible describing the 

 contents of the squares and gardens in full. Nevertheless, 

 some may wish to know about the details of the planting, 

 and in the case of this square it is given. It will be noted 

 that each group of Section I is divided in three — the first 

 being trees ; the second the shrubs that adorn the outer 

 sides of the plantation ; the third the decorative plants 

 of the margin. The numbers answer to those of the plan 

 on page 93. 



Sect. 1. — Groups of trees, sJiruhs, and flowers. — 1. ^sculus rubicunda, 

 ^sculus hippocastanum, Tilia europsea, Padus virginiana. — Ligustrum ovali- 

 folium, Berberis vulgaris, Eibes sanguineum, Virgilia rosea, Lonicera tartarica — 

 Pblox decussata, Coleus VerscbafFeltii. — 2. Paulo wnia imperialis, Catalpa 

 syringsefolia, Platanus occidentalis, Negundo fraxinifolium. — Forsytbia viridis- 

 sima, Eibes (in var.), Spirea (in var.), Sambucus nigi-a, Sympboricarpus 

 (in var). — Pelargonium zonale inquinans, var. Prince Imperial. — 3. ^sculus 

 Mppocastanum, Sorbus aucuparia, Cytisus laburnum, Acer platanoides, Alnus 

 communis. — Ligustrum ovalifolium, Ligustrum spicatum, Cydouia japonica, 

 Buxus sempervirens augustifolius, Prunus lauro-Cerasus. — Cbrysantbemum pin- 

 natifidum. — 4, Alnus communis, K(Klreuteria paniculata, Padus virginiana, 

 Paulownia imperialis. — Ligustram spicatum, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Cytisus 

 sessilifolius, Mabonia Aquifolium, Berberis vulgaris.- — Pelargonium zonale in- 

 quinans, var. Cbristinus. — 5. Juglans nigra, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia europsea, 

 Acer platanoides, Platanus orientalis, Eobinia viscosa. — Lonicera tartarica, Sam- 

 bucus racemosa, Mabonia Aquifolium, Euonymus japonicus, Deutzia scabra, 

 Kerria japonica, Weigelia rosea. — Pblox decussata. — 6. Eobinia Pseud-Acacia, 

 Acer striatum, Cytisus laburnum, Catalpa syriugfefolia, Eleagnus angustifolius. — 

 Hibiscus syriacus, Pbiladelpbus coronarius, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Ligustrum 

 spicatum. Viburnum Lantana, Tamarix indica, Cbionantbus virginica. — 

 Ageratum coelestinum. — 7. Catalpa syring^folia, Alnus glandulosus, Cytisus 

 Laburnum, Sopbora japonica, Juglans nigra, Eobinia Pseud-Acacia. — Berberis 

 vulgaris, Yiburuum Opulus,Piibes sanguineum, Euonjmius japonicus, Pbiladelpbus 

 inodonim, Deutzia scabra. — Veronica var. Gloire de Lyon. — 8. Tilia argentea 

 Acer striatum, J^sculus hippocastanum, Sopbora japonica, Eobinia Pseud-Acacia, 

 Fraxinus excelsior var. aurea. — Eibes sanguineum, Forsytbia viridissima. Mains 

 spectabilis, Prunus japonica, Cytisus sessilifolius, Kerria japonica, Deutzia scabra. 

 — Acbyrantbes Verscbaffeltii. — 9. Alnus fulva, ^sculus bippocastanum, Sopbora 

 japonica, Tilia europsa, Cytisus laburnum, Sorbus aucuparia, Acer platanoides. — 

 Mabonia Aquifolium, Deutzia scabra, Forsytbia viridissima, Pbiladelpbus grandi- 

 florus, Kerria japonica, Sambucus laciniata, Cbionantbus virginica. — Pelargonium 

 zonale inquinans, var. Eugenie Mdzard. — 10. Sorbus aucuparia, Acer plata- 



