Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-04-21
THE PARKS OF PARIS.
a AroRssr OF TREES AND FLOWERS IN
PROPULSION.

IN fmmensc Perspective Uneqnnled In
Any other Csty I'm the worla--The
champs Eiysees. ths Levssie.s ThoreuxA-
fare I'm Psris-.wondsrfu Gardens.
There are not less than 1s0. 900 trees
In line within the walls of Paris, with
cut including those which are found In
private gardens, so vast and numerous
n certain aristocratic quarters, nor those
Of the public gardens. And note this
further fact that outside the public ways
there exists In this city, In the form Of
parks. gardens and public squares. to-
tai service Of about 5000 acres.
Beside trees, there are plants and fiow-
ers throughout the town. When 1t h
time for Paris to take on her winter toi-
let and make her appearance in spring
attire, II takes nearly 100000 flower
plants, distributed by hundreds Of gar
densrs and their assistants. The total
number Of plants often employed for the
toilet OF this town ut one time Is about
100000 The nurseries which produce
them are situated in various parts of the
city. In the Bois de Boulogne. near the
race course of Longchamp. are the nurs-
cry grounds Of trees with caducous
leaves. At Auteuil. ON the road to the
village Of Boulogne, in a sandy soil, ex-
cellent for their propagation. are placed
q collection Of resinous trees. plants with
persistent leaves and heath mold plants.
On the banks OF the river Marne, at q
village called Petit Buy, the plane trees
that are planted along the boulevards
are cultivated, and finally. ont ut VIM
cennes, near the barrier and Just beyond
the Notifications. large assignment Of
land Is reserved for ornamental plants.
The central establishment is near La
Muette. ont at Passy. 1t Is one Of the
most considerable horticultural labora-
tories In the world, and has 90 conserve
tories.
In some Of these Paris gardens there
are 80 many diversities Of plants that
dare not attempt to cnumerate them.
Without them, and the hundreds Of
thousands Of others in Paris. many per-
sons would bend over their daily labor
and pass their lives without having had
any other spectacle before their eyes
than that of narrow streets or the soln-
bre courtyard of tenement house. work
shop and factory.
wish my readers could zee Paris be-
tween the Louvre palace and the west
ern end of the Bois de Boulogne, dis
tance Of about five miles, and full Of
trees.
They begin with two pretty little gar
den spots in a narrow open space be
tween thosc wings OF the Louvre that
are occupied ON one side by the ministry
Of finances, on the other by the National
gallery. Then comes a short, bare space,
badly paved with great blocks of stone
and called the Place du Caroussel. Be.
yond its small arch of triumph that Ma
poleon once topped with booty from the
Vatican begin the gardens of the Tuil-
cries.
Here there are orange trees In inn.
mense wooded tubs painted green, and
there is almost no grass at all. At III
beginning Is part of the Jardin do
Tuileries, which was only opened to th,
public In 1880, and II covers the grouns
where once stood the palace. Thence
seen through trees, through marble stat
ntes and statuary Of many kinds. an inn
mense perspective slowly rises and glori
ously terminates with the Arc de Tri
. omphe. The details are ravishing, tn,
ensemble is Of unequaled grace ant
grandeur; no other city ON earth car
show its like. West of the Tuileries gar
dens is the grand open space known a
the Place de la Concorie, and after tina
comes the Champs Elysees. an elysial
field where wide belts of varied shrub
are encircled with choicest flowers
where the grass spreads widely out her
and there, and where great clumps q
rhododendrons and lofty trees shrou
buildings that are occupied as cafe cor
certa. restaurants, dioramas. q circu
and the Palais dc l'Industrie.
The Champs Elysees was thus laid ou
: In 1850, hut the work were 50 well don
4 that 1t looks as II they were always thu
' established. This garden park of stree
> and public garden finishes at the Ron
d point. circular open space. where se'
9 eral streets cross, and where there a
fountains, beds of flowers and rich maj
= sions. From the Rond point to the Plas
= de l'Etoile. OF triumphal march, whel
. > all Is breadth. dignity and airiness. u
i avenue Of the Champs Elysees Ia hui
W mp with private residences. though he
he and there grocery. y carriage stor
* room or a drugshop have crept in to mi
ie the aristocratic bearing Of the lovelie
y thoroughfare in Paris. On either side
= :. the roadway stretches row Of tres
lv and these. turning around the arch
2. triumph. continue their way down I
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. whi
ip leads to the park of that name.
En- II is thoroughfare that grand
~ shows to what beauty avenue gardeni
'1s can be brought. II was made entirs
~ through private land, half the expen.
being borne by the state ON conditi
~. that an iron railing Of uniform desi
M was to be constructed along the win
length Of the road; that strip Of abe
lF' % feet in breadth be left for the gards
ie- between this railing and the main rol
and, further, that no kind of trade
:. manufacturing should be carried on
ar any of the buildings adjoining. The
in tai length of the Avenue du Rois
Boulogne is 1850 yards. and it's widtl
tor $50. IL consists of central roadv
rhe i25 feet wide, of two asphalt sidewa
she each 40 feet wide, of rotten rows
lns horseback riders, Of two long pieces
~ ',rs garden with grass, shrubs. trees
all nowers and Of two bordering road
front Of the private residences.
/ cannot begin to tell you Of all Of