Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-05-19

".The avenue de rImperatrice is a
straight promenade between Paris and
the Bots de Boulogne, three hundred feet
wide. 1t consists of carriage way sixty
feet wide, pad for saddle horses, and a
travelled walk on either side, each forty
feet wide on the outside Of all is slope
Of turf planted in the rear, with group
of trees and shrubsiin natural style back
of this. on both sides, is narrow road
adapted to traffic, which also gives access
to a line of detached villas"
"The famous Bots de Boulogne is an
ancient royal forest in the suburbs OF
Paris. 1t remained nearly in its natural
state until 1885, when Napoleon LII com.
menced its improvement, and this work is
now regarded as one of his most popular
acts. 1t contains 2,15S acres, thus divid-
ed wood, COZ acres; open turf, $50 acres
water, ia acres roads, 365 acres nur.
series of flower beds, III acres length Of
carriage road, SO miles |; bride path,
miles and walks, 16 miles. The Bots de
Vincennes is a natural forest, the i'm.
provement of which was commenced sew.
eral years ago, but discontinued, and il
now chiefly used for reviewing troops
and for artillery purposes. The Jar'dtf
Tu Plants, one of the finest and most ex.
tensive Geological and Botanical gardens
in the world, is in the city of Paris, and
is much frequented."-Dr. Ranch.
The celebrated gardens of Versailles,
which are considered to give some fore
taste of Paradise, were laid out about the
middle of the seventh century by LIE
Notre, the most celebrated gardener OF his
time in Europe. 1t has all the stiffness
and symmetry of the Dutch, and looks
well when crowded with gay and joyful
people, but is not fit for solitude, bat as
Versailles is generally crowded with visi'
tors, the style suits it, perhaps, better than
the English, when crooked walks prevail
conformable to the shape of the ground.
At Frankfort, Liepsic, and Vienna
pleasure grounds have been provided by
razing the walls and filling the moat
and by the skillful arrangements of the
materials, making the groundwork of a
garden in the natural syle.. In other cit
les, the leveled ramparts have been made
into broad roads, bordered with trees
The boulevards of Brussels are straight
streets, 125 feet, with rows of trees be-
tween them, walk 81 feet wide; bust
ness road, 30 feet wide, with tagged
walk for rainy weather"
'The Prater is the principal rural prom
enade at Vienna, and has straight car
rage road over mile in length, with
walk on one side, and an equestrian pad
on the other. Near the city it contains {
great number of coffee and play houses
but being five miles in length, portions o.
it are thoroughly secluded and rural A
one time it was the most frequented parl
in the world, the Bots de Boulogne and
the Central Park being more frequented
at this time.
Munich has its Hofgarten, or Roya
Park, and the English garden, which wal
laid out under the direction of Count
Rumford, and is about four miles long
and half mile wide.
The Thiergarten, at Berlin, contains
over 200 acres, laid out in straight drive
and walks. The public grounds of Ant
werp, Dresden, and many other German
towns are remarkable for their beauty
The several gardens of st. Petersburgf
are very fine, thoughEnot large, and ar
kept in the most careful manner. Among
them is the Cathsrinahoff, a perfect gem
and the fashionable promenade OF TIN
Guy. DIauy vi ill., ;sl~-.1s of the New
contain pleasant gardens, and the Tzensk
Selo is one of the most remarkable in tn
world. 1t is the residence of the imperia
family, and consists of $50 acres. Stock
holm has many pleasant walks, and tn
Djingard, or duck park, is beautiful.
kept and three miles in circumference
| The Hague Park is picturesque, hsvin,
water communication with its differen
parts and with the city. Copenhagen
contains many places of public resort, bu
the most notable promenade is the roya
deer park, Dyrhave, noble forest.
The Cascino of Florence, Italy, on tn,
banks of the Arno, commands fine views
and the Pincian Hill overlook Rome, anC
gives some fine views over the Csmpagna
The Riviera di Chiaia on the bay, is thu
great fashionable drive and promenade
grounds in Naples.
Where a garden or park is laid out il
the natural style, and all the walks ant
roads are laid out comfortable to the ma
ture of the ground, every deformity ant
defect may be converted into beauty
and the greater the defect or deformity
the greater beauty may be created out o
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