THE GARDEN OE ACCLIMATIZATION. 



the woiidj should be lost to horticulture and to science. 1 

 saw a man carrying manure on his hack 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 tilled. 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 



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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. 



