...operation. The great transplanting machine which was made use of in these extraordinary experiments remained at Versailles till, probably, about the time of the French revolution. Le Notre was the artist employed in those operations — the same who laid out the gardens of Versailles,...

...operation. The great transplanting machine which was made use of in these extraordinary experiments remained at Versailles till, probably, about the time of the French Revolution. Le Notre was the artist employed in those operations — the same who laid out the gardens of Versailles,...

...water ; but skill and perseverance overcome every obstacle. But I shall be happy now, if Mr. Burton will proceed." I remarked, in addition, that the most...observed, that she had found difficulty in removing a few lilacs and roses only to a border across the path, and that many of them had died. " The roots,"...

...that the most noted of these transplanters was Louis XIV., who removed an entire forest, the Bois dc Boulogne, from Versailles to its present site, a distance...probably about the time of the French revolution. !ne of the young ladies observed, that she found difficulty in removing a few lilacs roses only to...