William Robinson

The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly illustrated 1869 book describes the parks and gardens of Paris and the farms which produced its food.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 786
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9781108075961
• ISBN-10: 1108075967
• Artikelnr.: 41612245

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Champs Elysées, the Louvre and the Tuileries
2. The Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes
3. The Parc Monceau
4. The Parc des Buttes Chaumont
5. The Jardin des Plants and the gardens of the Luxembourg
6. The squares
7. The boulevards
8. The Jardin Fleuriste and other public nurseries
9. Trees for city parks
10. Subtropical plants
11. Hardy plants for the subtropical garden
12. Versailles
13. The plant decoration of apartments
14. Fruit culture
15. The cordon system
16. Training
17. Fig culture in the neighbourhood of Paris
18. The imperial fruit and forcing gardens at Versailles
19. The peach gardens of Montreuil
20. The market gardens of Paris
21. Mushroom culture
22. The culture of salads
23. Asparagus culture
24. Vegetables of the Paris market
25. Flower, fruit, and vegetable markets
26. Horticultural machines, implements, appliances, etc.
27. Notes of a cultural tour through parts of France
Index.