22 M. SEEMANN’S JOURNAL. 
factories on the banks of the river, Formerly this garden was divided — 
by a wall into two portions, the smaller of which—containing a neat 
church raised by general subscription of the Protestants—belonged to 
the English, the larger to the other foreign merchants ; but now, after 
years of deliberation and many a warm discussion, the division has been 3 
pulled down, and the grounds are united. The garden contains several 4 
fine trees, Bauhinias, Fig-trees, Palms, &c., and is kept very neat and 
clean, but considering the great annual expense of maintaining it, one 
can but regret that it has been laid out by a person who possessed 
neither taste nor judgment. 
It is generally the ambition of those who visit Canton to go to the 
so-called heights of the city. As this expedition, if undertaken by 
single individuals, is not considered safe— some Europeans having 
occasionally been murdered, others beaten or pelted with stones—a 
party was formed. After about two hours of uninterrupted walking 
through the crowded streets of the suburbs we reached the outside of 
the walls, without being subjected to any insult except that offered by E 
a lot of boys and girls, sometimes amounting to more than a hundred, — 
who constantly followed us with the annoying cry of “ Foreign devils ! 
foreign devils!” From the hills we obtained a full view of the city—a — 
. mass of buildings so closely crammed together that it was almost im- 
. possible to detect either streets, squares, or any other division; the 
whole presenting, if not a beautiful at least a grand and curious 
Spectacle. 
The flora of the surrounding country was very scanty. A few iso- 
lated Pine-trees (Pinus Chinensis, Lamb.) grew on the heights; near 
. the water, Ficus nitida and some Bamboos ; on the great city walls, 
. Behmeria nivea and Ficus stipulata ; while spreading over hedges was 
. seen a Hop which differs so much in aspect and size from Humulus 
 Lupulus, that on a closer comparison it may possibly prove a new 
Species. Among the cultivated plants, except the Sagittaria Chinensis, 
Which was grown in great quantities in swamps, I observed nothing 
. peculiar. The Rice and most vegetables had not yet been sown, for it 
. was still winter, which, though not to be compared with ours, is suffi- 
. ciently severe to convert sometimes during the night the surface of the 
stagnant water into a erust of ice. 
. En approaching one of the twelve gates a number of soldiers came 
towards us, who, with the greatest politeness, told us that we had 
