June 12—Yesterday we strolled into the' French Park on Route Voyron. We pald our: fen cents at the entrance and as "Tommy" insisted that the most imperant things 10. see were the lions and tiger, we visited these! first of all, 'The five cents extra we had to pay to get into the Zoological section were. well spent as we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves Jand it would appear that the animals were iso happy. 'The tiger was so lazy. that he. was trying' to catch a fly whilst lying on his! back, The lions are in me condition: it is! surely not cruelty to keep animals in such a condition. We have often seen less fortunate animals in captivity, 'Two albino peacocks were proudly displaying themselves, their mates did not appear to be taking' much notice of them however. We would like to Ihave seen more space for a few of the monkeys, but we think that we understand why the authorities had_ placed one or two. in ramped quarters, The rabbits and guinea pigs looked a little "washed out" after the ain, but the rest of the birds and arum: were quite contented. We strolled through the park and enjoyed the shade afforded by the beautiful plane trees: we enjoyed the large ower beds full of pansies and those planted with hundreds of geraniums, they are' going fo make a most effective display in a week lor £0; masses of geraniums were always popt lar, We noticed a bed of our special favourite Jsurmer-towering plant Plumbago capensis, the flowers had been damaged by the rain, bui they will soon recover. This plant produces masses of azure-blue flowers not unlike those of the phlox, it grows in full sunshine and blooms until' the Autumn: What more could we expect of a plant?" We saw many groups of the coral bush Erythrina Crista-polit showing flowers and promising a fine display in a few days and many other plants and shrubs, fall ooking healthy and strong. We could have stayed in. such Interesting surroundings for hours, but "Tommy" heard the lion roaring and ce spent another five cents 10 see June 20—We notice that the so-called local "Afimosa" is in flower: this shade tree with its handsome foliage and pink flowers is very. attractive. The branches hang gracefully and the leaves are so "feathery" that it is attractive from Spring until Late Autumn even if the eaves de close and "zo to sleep" for the night, 'The light pink Mowers, borne in numerous clusters, are very dainty. Our "mimosa" is really. Albizsla jultbrissin a native of temperate Asia' from Persia to China it is commonly
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