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by various cultivators. Its culture is well worth seeing. The 

 Apricot is very extensively cultivated in the neighbourhood of 

 Frieul^ Vaux and Meulan, Seine-et-Oise. It is, however, 

 needless to mention instances of culture away from walls 

 and which do not afford us any practical lessons. Of 

 governmental schools for fruit culture that nearest to Paris is 

 in the Bois de Vincennes. It is quite new^ and is described 

 elsewhere. 



I have been informed that the agricultural school ol 

 Grignon has a very good fruit garden, but I have not 

 visited it. The nearest example to Paris of the planting of 

 railway embankments with fruit trees is on the line from 

 Gretz to Colommiers, Chemin de Fer de FEst. 



Vegetable Culture. — The finest examples of the culture 

 of vegetables are found in the market gardens round Paris. 

 The best are near Asnieres, and also near Grenelle and 

 Vaugirard. A ready way to get a general idea of their 

 state, is to take a seat in the upper story of one of the trains 

 of the railway that runs round Paris. 



M. Courtois-Gerard^ the well-known seedsman and writer 

 on market gardening, has been kind enough to furnish me 

 with the following list of representative market gardens : — 



M. Pinson, 88, Rue de Charonne, Paris. 

 M. Julienne-Hiclielle, 105, Rue de 



Beuilly, Paris. 

 M. Ledru, 16, Rue Mongallet, Paris. 

 M. Dagorno, 30, Rue de Picpus, Paris. 

 M. Dulac, 18, Sentier St. Antoiue, 



Paris. 



M. Hebrard, 70, Rue du Pot au Lait, 

 Paris. 



M. Marie, 4, Rue des Plantes, Paris. 

 M. ConardLouis, 5, Rue Volontaire, 

 Paris. 



M. J. Lecomte Impasse Maconnais, 

 Boulevard de Poissonniers, Paris. 



M. Grros, Rue de Paris, Cliaronnes. 



M. Langlois, Rue Croix Ni vert, Vaugi- 

 rard. 



M. Dumier, 16, Rue de Beuilly, Cha- 

 renton. 



M. Stiswille ain^, 12, Rue de Beuilly, 



Cliarenton. 

 M. Noblet, 18, Rue Bouery, La Gha- 



pelle. 



M. Ponce, 53, Route de la Rdvolte, 

 Clichy. 



M. Dupont, 50, Rue de Hartre, 

 Clicliy. 



M. Crosnier, 30, Route de Cliatillon, 



Montrouge. 

 M. Leger Claude, 237, Avenue de 



Paris, St. Denis. 

 M. Chevalier, 10, Route de St. Denis, 



St. Danis. 

 M. Chevet pere, 1, Rue Valentine, 



Bobigny. 



M. Chevalier, Rue Montpeusier, Vin- 

 cennes. 



M. I'ivert, Rue des Vignerons, Vin- 

 cennes. 



M, OoUeaume, 23, Rue des Marais de 

 Villers, Montreuil St, Cors. 



M. Duloc, 2, Rue de Montempoivre, 

 St. Mande. 



M. Houdart, 2, Rue de la Grange, St. 

 Mande. 



Asparagus is grown to the greatest perfection at Argenteuil, 



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