Life in gardens: Montreal

Flower seller, 1950, Montreal, Library and Archives Canada on flickr

Une femme sent des fleurs à vendre au Marché Bonsecours, à Montréal (A woman smelling some flowers offered by a vendor at the Bonsecours market in Montreal,” June 1950, by Chris Lund, via Library and Archives Canada on flickr (under CC license).

La Madeleine, Paris

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Floral display on the south steps of the church of the Madeleine, early September.

The flowers were petunias and nicotiana, between rows of dwarf fountain grass. A sign said the arrangement was sponsored by the Paris Mayor’s Office and installed by “l’atelier de jardinage des Champs Élysées.”