. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 32 THE GAKDEN 6P ACCLIMATIZATION. on the 30th day of August, the fete of their order is held here, the patron saints being St. Fiacre and St. Rose. Here the gardeners of Paris and their friends assemble to the number of three or four thousand, and amuse them- selves with dancing, games, and the usual accompaniments of a Parisian fete, including fireworks, of course. As a garden, the Pre Catalan is distinguished by good specime
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. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 32 THE GAKDEN 6P ACCLIMATIZATION. on the 30th day of August, the fete of their order is held here, the patron saints being St. Fiacre and St. Rose. Here the gardeners of Paris and their friends assemble to the number of three or four thousand, and amuse them- selves with dancing, games, and the usual accompaniments of a Parisian fete, including fireworks, of course. As a garden, the Pre Catalan is distinguished by good specimens of standard Magnolias, both the evergreen grandiflora and the deciduous kinds, and large masses of flowers and fine- leaved plants. Apart from these, which are well known and extensively employed elsewhere about Paris, I noticed that fine aquatic, Thalia dealbata—usually grown in stoves in England—in robust condition in the midst of a shallow running stream, the canna-like leaves large, handsome, and 22 inches long by 12 broad, and the flower stems 7 and 8 feet high (17th September). It is one of the handsomest and most distinct of all aquatic plants, quite different from the normal type, and should be much used with us. Erianthus Ravennse, an ornamental grass, was in flower at the same date, and 10 or 11 feet high. Lantana delicatissima was used as margining carpeting to some beds here. Simple and inconspicuous thing as it is, it is multiplied to the extent of from 12, 000 to 20, 000 every year, which may serve to give another idea of the way in which ornamental garden- ing is carried on by the mu- nicipality of Paris. Garden of Acclimatiza- tion in the Bois de Bou- logne. — This is a pretty garden and a most interest- ing place. In it you may study many things, from the culture of the oyster to the numerous breeds of domes- tic fowls, from ostriches to the different plants used for bee feeding. There is here Ostriches in the Jardin d'Aoolimatation. an interesting hybri