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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Ahotst 9, 1859. 
blossoms begali to ahow and to rival the faint rosy tints of tbe 
evening sun! 
“ I never forgot that lesson of immortality; I never forgot 
that Rose of Jericlio. On my return to Europe I learned that 
botanists called it ‘ Anastatica,’ tko flower of resm’rection. I 
wished to know more about it, and that was the way I first 
learned something about plants.”^-Pp. 118, 119, 120. 
[Attention has been called to the subject; and it has been 
found that in many cases, even in the collections of learned 
societies, the Lycopodium above figured, and a native plant, have 
got into the place of the genuine kind. The American plant is 
much the more beautiful and interesting, but has, as yet, not had 
the good fortune to become so celebrated in the narrations of 
travellers. Fig. 3 shows the American plant when expanded. 
We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. W. G. Armstrong, of 
Philadelphia, for the description and drawings from which we have 
made the above engravings. The drawing ot the Rose of Jericho 
was made from a specimen brought from Syria by the Rev. 
Lyman Coleman, and still in his possession. — Ed. of ilie 
American Gardener's Monthly .] 
NOTES FROM PARIS. 
THE B0I3 DE VINCENNES. 
Of all the improvements of late years which have been made 
in this famed capital, the formation of this magnificent public park 
is assuredly one of the most important. _ The Bois de Vincennes 
is to the east end of Paris what the Bois de Boulogne is to the 
west—an extensive wood, laid out in long winding walks and 
spacious drives, with an immense lake which, branches off in 
different directions among the trees. It is situated about a mile 
and a half from the Place de la Bastille, in a straight line by the 
Eaubourg St. Antonie, one of the widest and finest streets in 
Paris, not unlike any of the grand approaches of the English 
capital. But in a few months more the new Boulevard, from the 
Chateau d’Eau to the Place du Trone, wifi form a nearer and 
more direct road to it. It is not probable, however, that either 
this park or its fine approaches will ever be much frequented by 
the fashionable throngs that fill the beautiful avenues of the west 
end every afternoon. 
The village of Vincennes is composed of a few straggling 
houses; but every day the number is increasing, and on every 
side of the road,‘all the way out, there are some pretty little 
villas with neat gardens in front, somewhat like what may be 
seen in the suburbs of London. It is here that is situated the 
celebrated fortress—a large and gloomy-looking place, with several 
thousand soldiers within its walls. From this point the wood 
extends a mile or more to the north and east; the chief public 
road passing through it, and from which glimpses of the grounds 
and the lake may be seen at certain intervals. Some fine private 
mansions have been built in different parts of the wood near the 
lake and the principal chives; and the ground immediately sur¬ 
rounding them has been neatly laid out and pMflted tvith choice 
evergreens and showy flowering shrubs. Among the latter are a 
few of the commoner Rhododendrons and Azaleas. There is a 
neat cottage at one of the openings near the public road: it is 
built on a small island very prettily laid out. In the vicinity are 
a rustic bridge, and a number of large rocks thrown up here and 
there, and studded with Ferns and other suitable plants. In 
several other places, too, there are pretty little nooks in the same 
way. But the great charms of the wood are its beautiful, long, 
winding walks among the dense high trees. There is, too, a 
quiet, solemn grandeur about the place, which contrasts strangely 
with what people are accustomed to in Paris. There are some 
well-arranged groups of trees here and there near the lake which 
have an excellent effect; and there are even some good samples 
1 of Coniferce planted singly on the more prominent parts of the 
I lawn. The lake is very large, and when the shrubs planted 
j along its banks have grown a little more it will be very beautiful; 
! but as yet the water has not been permanently let on, and there 
I is indeed a good deal to bo done before the works can be said to 
be fairly finished. 
This park will be chiefly frequenled by the great mass of the 
working population of Paris who crowd the faubourgs and 
suburbs of the east end; for although, in general, this extensive 
district is open enough, and is even not w'anting in little gardens, 
still there have till now been no complete facilities for the recrea¬ 
tion and open-air amusements of those who are always occupied 
in workshops and factories. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 
M. Vilmorin has lately published the results of an experiment 
i which he made, in order to ascertain what time and cultivation 
were necessary to improve the wild Carrot and bring it to the 
condition in which it is grown for the market. A first sow- 
ing of seed, taken from the wild Carrot, was made in March, 
1833. The plants came up and grew well enough, but of course 
the roots were not eatable ; and it was only with the fourth gene¬ 
ration, in 1839, that anything like improvement was perceptible. 
But even at the present day the experimental variety may be 
easily distinguished from all the others in cultivation Its roots, 
though of excellent quality, still preserve a gross exterior. The 
leaves, too, are of a deeper green than in the old sorts. 
It appears from this experiment that fully twenty years of 
cultivation are required to bring a wild Carrot to a condition fit 
for the table ; while in less than two years, if left to itself, it will 
again degenerate to its primitive state. 
THE WEATHER AND CROPS. 
The weather this year has been remarkably favourable for the 
grain crops, and all round Paris the harvest is already finished 
in the most satisfactory manner. A good deal of rain fell about 
the 20th of June, and then there was fine warm weather for a 
month. We had one or two rainy days towards the end of July, 
with a great deal of thunder and lightning. Before that the glass 
stood at near 95° in the shade for ten or fifteen days. But since 
the rain it has continued at about 80°. Preserving fruit is not 
abundant this year, and, consequently, it is much dearer than 
usual. The markets, however, are well supplied at present with 
Peaches, Figs, Melons, and Apricots. Plums are not so plentiful. 
For about a week, too, Grapes and Pears have arrived in con¬ 
siderable quantities from the more southern departments—K. 
FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OE GREAT BRITAIN. 
(Continued from page 260.) 
PEARS. 
Belle Noisette. See Bellissime cl'Hirer. 
Belle sans Epines. See Hampden’s Bergamot. 
Belle Vierge. See Jargonelle. 
Belle de Zees. See Bonne d'Hzee. 
Bellissime. See Windsor. 
Bellissime d’Hiver (Angleterre d’Hirer; Belle 
Noisette; De Bure ; Teton de Venus). —Eruit very large, 
turbinate, flattened on the apex. Skin fine green, changing 
to brownish-yellow on the shaded side, and fine lively 
red next the sun; covered all over with russety dots. 
Eye large, set in an open depressed basin. Stalk an 
