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    ALGIERS—-FIRST IMPRESSIONS. 31

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    their much at all , resting ; greener all the time than wild , as they trees the must winter are have evergreens is been for other in , and the trees are great now ; heat the ( November olive , which , the is )

    greens narcissus carruba in , the , Eng crocus cork lish , , colchicum and gardens the evergreen ; , and & c , a are multitude oak bursting , are all of throug bulbous as brilliant h the plants rich as , ever soil iris - , , ¦ 1 j

    while a beautiful clematis , with pale green bell-like flowers , festoons the beautiful hedges of . flowers A wild it is blue of a iris rich is blue in blossom slightly now tinged ; one with of the red , most and

    marked down its three , inner petals with , yellow and white ; it grows near the groundand is of a very delicate textureeasily torn by

    , , the that wind we mi , yet ght it probabl chooses y cold grow and it in exposed England places and and be a the sand richer y soil , for so

    it ; our gardens want early spring flowers , and of a blue color , we have In very the J few ardin . _d'Essai all sorts of experiments are made in

    acclithe with matizing growth views plants of of utilit p , alm and alone trees it is . . ther Thi The e the s Marengo garden visitor is can gardens not see beau ostriches on tiful the , it west is and laid are stud the out y

    resort of the fashion y able world of Algiers , and here the band plays , and ladies flirt with officersand ridiculous little children strut about

    to show off their fine clothes , . Near these gardens are mosques and towers of wonderful picturesqueness , untouched Moorish buildings

    clustered together on the outside of the high wall of the town , on which wall , by the bye , remain still those hooks on which the

    Christian prisoners were hung out to die slowly in the scorching sun . When we think of the horrible barbarities practised in the times of

    the Turkish Government , we must be grateful that Algeria is in the hands of a more merciful , power , for far from a good government as

    this is , there is perfect security now for all persons , and perfect toleration for all reliions . The French Government has done an

    immense deal for the g colony of Algiers ; at every turn , _piiblic monuments , gardens , fountains , decorations , strike the view , all executed at the

    expense of the French nation , that is , of the people in France ; perhap colonist s not transported a very judicious to Algeria or just costs outl the ay Government of the people ' as s money much as . would Every

    have supported him twice over in France . But , say the French , Algeria is worth the great expense it is to us now , for some day it

    will be a _magnificent and prosperous colony . At present there are no signs of this prosperity , the port is a blue sheet of water but rarely

    dotted with vessels , and the chief and almost the only use of trade is to supply the immense army and the government officials ; the

    prosperity of any one year can be traced to the arrival of troops or a new public governor changes , and the in depression affairsso to that the the withdr prosperity awal of of troops the colony or some is

    entirel Certainl y factitious y the first , and impressions not , natural of and the social health state y . of Algiers are not ¦

    at alL encouraging ; but to the new comer these melancholy thoughts

    Algiers—-First Impressions. 31

    _ALGIERS— -FIRST IMPRESSIONS . 31

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 31, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/31/