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formality governs every line of tlie vegetation on the garden 

 front of tlie palace. It is that type of garden which has 

 not a curious corner in it nor a ray of novelty^ and conse- 

 quently to describe it in detail would be to waste space. The 

 illustrations show it fully, but with a touch of grace which 

 it does not really possess^, for an artist has too much feeling 

 to draw it in all its angularity and baldness^ and weaves in 

 over the grateful surface a little of the freedom and grace 

 of nature. The only feature of any practical horticul- 

 tural interest in the j)lace is the famous Treille du Roi, an 



Fig. 9G. 



Vie^v in the forest of Fontainebleau. 



enormous wall of vines, Avhich, bordering the parkj is said 

 to annually produce SOOOlbs. or OOOOlbs. of grapes. It is 

 planted with the Chasselas de Fontainebleau, and the wall 

 is well managed, as indeed one would expect it to be, so 

 near Thomery. 



Of the things to be seen at Fontainebleau, those best 

 worth remembering are far away from the chateau and 

 even from the garden. It is tedious work getting away 

 from the interminable long straight roads that lead from 

 the chateau in every direction ; but, once in the midst of 



