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The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens (1878)

Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935 · London, Macmillan · leaf 102

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with turf; by leaving the face of the high rock sloping inplaces, so that they would be well exposed to the rain ; by havinglittle streamlets trickling over the face of the cliffs here andthere; by scattering a few packets of seeds over the surface inspring, a rock vegetation of great beauty could… … «£ JLaj. Lnmittilatcd Shrubs on TurJ.—Parc des Buites Chaumont. with hundreds of the prettiest plants of northern and temperateclimes, might also have been grown. Now all is daubed over andplantless, save a bit of wiry grass in some few spots; and theface of the high rocks is only suggestive of…

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