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THE SQUARE DES BATIGNOLLES. 



The Square des BatignoUes^ constructed on the once, 

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

 munCj 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 wiU be noted 

 that each group of Section 1 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, shrubs, and flowers. — 1. ^sculus rubicunda, 

 ^SCsciilus hippocastannm, Tilia europjea, Padus virginiana. — Ligustruni ovali- 

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

 Phlox decussata, Coleus VerschafFeltii. — 2. Paulownia imperialis, Catalpa 

 syringeefolia, Platanus occidentalis, Negundo fraxinifolium. — Forsythia viridis- 

 sima, Eibes (in var.), Spirea (in var.), Sambucus nigra, Symphoricarptis 

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

 hil^pocastanum, Sorbus aucuparia, Cytisus laburnum, Acer platanoides, Alnus 

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

 Buxus sempervirens angustifolius, Prunus laiiro-Cerasus. — Chrysanthemum pin- 

 natifidum. — 4. Alnus communis, Kcelreuteria panicnlata, Padus virginiana, 

 Paulownia imperialis. — Ligustrum spicatum, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Cytisus 

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

 quinans, var. Christinus. — 5. Juglans nigra, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia europjea, 

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

 bucus raceninsa, Mahonia Aquifolium, Euonymus japonicus, Deutzia scabra, 

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

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

 Hibiscus syriacus, Philadelphus coronarius, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Ligustrum 

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

 Ageratum cojlestinum. — 7. Catalpa syringa^folia, Alnus giandulosus, Cytisus 

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

 vulgaris, Viburnum Opulus,E.ibes sanguineum, Euonymus japonicus, Philadelphus 

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

 Acer striatum, J5sculus hippocastanum, Sophora japonica, Eobinia Pseud-Acacia, 

 Fraxinus excelsior var. am-ea, — Eibes sanguineum., Forsythia viridissima, Malus 

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

 — Achyranthes Verschaffeltii. — 9. Alnus fulva, ^sculus hippocastanum, Sophora 

 japonica, Tilia europssa, Cytisus labirrnum, Sorbus aucuparia, Acer platanoides. — 

 'Mahonia Aquifolium, Deutzia scabra, Forsythia viridissima, Philadelphus grandi- 

 floms, Kerria japonica, Sambucus laciniata, Chionanthus virginica. — Pelargonium 

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



