The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of ParisThe innovative gardener and writer William Robinson (1838-1935), many of whose other works are reissued in this series, was sent by The Times as its horticultural correspondent to the Paris International Exposition of 1867. As a result of his visit, he produced two books, one on gardening trends in France, and this work of 1869 on the parks and gardens of Paris and its environs (including Versailles), and on the fruit and vegetable farming which fed the famous Parisian food markets such as Les Halles. Robinson admired especially the small planted open spaces, squares and courtyards in Paris, which had no equivalent in London, and which he claimed were 'saving [its inhabitants] from pestilential overcrowding, and making their city something besides a place for all to live out of who can afford it'. This highly illustrated work will interest not only historians of horticulture but also lovers of Paris. |
Contents
THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE AND THE BOIS DE VINCENNES | 18 |
GARDEN OF ACCLIMATIZATION IN THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE | 37 |
THE PARC MONCEAU | 48 |
CHURCH GARDENS AND CEMETERIES | 104 |
THE PUBLIC NURSERIES FOR TREES SHRUBS AND HARDY FLOWERS | 155 |
A SELECTION OF THE BEST TREES AND SHRUBS FOR CITIES | 165 |
CHAPTER X | 182 |
A SELECT LIST OF 100 OF THE SUBTROPICAL PLANTS BEST SUITED | 208 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 424 |
CHAPTER XIX | 440 |
CHAPTER XX | 462 |
CHAPTER XXI | 472 |
CHAPTER XXII | 489 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 501 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 515 |
THE CARDOON | 522 |
LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS AND ANNUAL PLANTs ETC OF FINE | 237 |
FONTAINEBLEAU AND THE GLADIOLUS GROUNDS OF M SOUCHET | 251 |
THE GARDENS OF ST CLOUD | 259 |
REFORM IN THE CONSERVATORY | 280 |
PALMS | 296 |
THE IVY AND ITS USES IN PARISIAN GARDENS | 305 |
CHAPTER XIV | 312 |
CHAPTER XV | 334 |
THE PARADISE DoucIN AND CRAB STOCKS | 355 |
THE PEACH As A CORDON | 366 |
TRAINING | 373 |
PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE | 378 |
CHAPTER XVII | 395 |
PRESERWING GRAPES THROUGII THE WINTER WITHOUT LETTING THEM | 405 |
THE CULTURE OF THE VINE AT THOMERY | 412 |
OLEANDER CULTURE | 528 |
SHOWING ROSES IN FRANCE | 535 |
CHAPTER VII | 551 |
CARRIAGE FOR TRANSPORTING ORANGE TREES | 561 |
THE PANIER | 567 |
THE SECATEUR | 574 |
PROTECTION FOR WALL AND ESPALIER TREES | 582 |
EDGINGS FOR PARKS PUBLIC GARDENS SQUARES DRIVES ETC | 593 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 600 |
DIJON | 609 |
TROYES | 619 |
SCEAUX | 628 |
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643 | |
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