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different questions about the plants. He gave a pleasant answer 

 to all my questions. After tlie lecture he took me himself all 

 r )und the garden, showed me all, and invited me to remain with 

 him sometime if I would paint for him. But my connexion with 

 Dr. Trew, mentioned above, gave me enough to do. 



As my intention was to see [Dr. Trew] personally, I went 

 from there to Nuremburg. However, as I had leave for only one 

 month from Herr Leskenkohl, I remained only a few days in 

 !Nuremburg and painted some plants — the Cortusa, Hadix, 

 Spadia, &c. Through this personal acquaintance with the vener- 

 able Dr. Trew, T went more deeply than ever into botany and 

 painting. [Dr. Trew showed Ehret which parts of the flower 

 and fruit should be clearly represented to show the different 

 sexes.] 



Soon after this I tramped back to Eegensburg, and remained 

 there some time with Herr Leskenkohl, who was most eager to 

 possess the whole of the ' Hortus Malabaricus,' of which the first 

 three volumes were ready. As more than six years were neces- 

 sary to complete the other volumes, it seemed to me too long, 

 especially as my best years would be lost in copying. 



80 I went with but little money to Switzerland, over the .Lake 

 of Constance, to Sasle, to see everything in the Botanic Garden, 

 intending to continue painting plants for the venerable Dr. Trew, 

 which I did. 



However, it happened that I made the acquaintance of Herr 

 Samuel Burckhardt, who was then desirous of laying out an 

 entirely new garden on his estate, and he engaged me iu order to 

 make first a plan of it, which was soon done ; he took me into 

 his service, and I remained with him for a year. 



It happened that during this time the war between the Emperor 

 and the French began. The French crossed the Rhine at 

 Hinningen, a fortress near Basle, and entered the territory of 

 the Margrave of Baden. Thus my gracious master, the Margrave 

 Carl, was obliged to retire ; and having a residence at Basle, ho 

 came hither, which rejoiced me very much. As soon as he came 

 to Basle, Herr S. Burckhardt (who had the title of Hofrath) went 

 to wait on him. He told the Margrave that he was laying out an 

 entirely new garden; the Margrave asked him what sort of 

 gardener he had ; he replied, " One of the name of Ehret, who 

 about six years ago served as gardener to your Highness at 

 Carlsruhe." The Margrave was not a little pleased, and replied 

 that since I had left Carlsruhe be had not had any man on whom 

 he could rely ; and thus they conversed for some time. 



As soon as Herr Burckhardt left him, he came back at once to 

 me, and related this and all that he had heard of me from the 

 Margrave, and asked why I had not told him all that myself. I 

 replied that I preferred that it should have happened as it 

 had done; and then he tuld me that the next morning the 

 Margrave himself was coming to see and speak with him, which 

 also took place. He [the Margrave] told me all that had 



