232 THE FLORIST. 
if Messrs. Spode, Ellis, or my Lord of Winchester would have given 
them house-room. The prettiest flower I saw there was Madame R., 
who was quite aw fait at everything; and I was quite certain, from the 
injunctions she was giving her petite, that French children are quite as 
fond of Strawberries as English ones. I went also to M. L.’s Rose ~ 
nursery. Of these he has three or four, but ground is now becoming 
so valuable in every quarter of Paris, that very shortly nurseries will 
be banished outside the fortifications. The Roses were, owing to the 
backwardness of the season, not yet in bloom, at least not the new 
varieties, and I quite marvelled that on such a soil they could look as 
well as they did; it seemed to me hot and dry, yet buds had made 
vigorous starts, and older plants looked well. As far as price is con- 
cerned, let no one go to Paris for anything now, in the hope of getting 
it cheap. I verily believe even French goods are as cheap, if not 
cheaper in London, and everything else dearer in Paris. Roses were 
100 francs a hundred. This is what Mr. Rivers, or any other 
nurseryman, would supply them for. Perhaps Tea-scented Roses are 
cheaper, but if so, they alone are. I heard high praises of Eugene 
Appert; and another, Louis Quatorze, was highly spoken of. They 
were preparing for an exhibition, to be opened in a few days at the 
Palais d’Industrie; and such rummy little stages as they had, and yet 
they say (wide Gardeners’ Chronicle) that the exhibition was striking in 
the extreme, owing I suppose to their great taste. On the whole, I 
felt satisfied that while the French may beat us in armies, in archi- 
tecture, in decoration, in inventive genius, and indeed in the originating 
of new varieties of flowers; that in cultivation, in order and cleanliness 
and all that pertains to the difficulties of gardening, they cannot come 
near to us; and I do not wonder that when they see one of our 
Regent's Park exhibitions they should open wide their eyes, shrug their 
shoulders, and cry, ‘‘ Magnifique! superbe!” In such peaceful 
matters may we ever hold the foremost place! 
Deal, July 12. ya 
THE PEACH IN 1860. 
In our last article, we stated that unless we could show that a glass 
covering for Peach walls could be made to pay, some other kind of fruit 
had better be substituted for the Peach, unless in very favoured spots. 
We also then estimated that the cost of covering with glass a Peach 
wall and border would be 6d. per foot super. Since that was stated, 
we have gone into the matter more closely, and find that a fixed frame, 
to cover a Peach border, can be put up and glazed for that sum. We 
therefore proceed with the description. If the wall is 12 feet high, the 
glass frame should be about 10 feet in width, which will make the class 
roof about 12 feet long, and so on, for lower walls. A top and bottom 
rail will be required, the lower one being supported by upright oak posts 
placed in the border every 10 feet, and a suffinent depth to keep them 
firm ; they should also each have a spur nailed to their front, to keep 
them from being thrust forward by the outward pressure of the frame 
above. Just beneath the coping of the wall, rafters two feet long and 
