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elegance. A striking and somewhat unusual effect was made by 

 planting purple beech and the variegated Acer Negundo so close 

 together that the foliage of the two trees commingled. The 

 restrictions compelling visitors to keep to the paths are, as in 

 other German public gardens, strictly enforced and prevent a close 

 inspection of the trees and shrubs. 



The purely formal arrangements at Sans Souci are often very 

 pleasing. They do not depress one by their extent and dullness as 

 at Herrenhausen. In one place there is a small garden of azaleas 

 disposed in formal beds cut out on the lawn and surrounded by 

 large clipped yews ; this must be a very pleasant spot when the 

 azaleas are in blossom. In another place a circular flower garden 

 of " geometric " beds is surrounded by a raised terrace, and the 

 terrace m traversed by a plashed alley of hornbeams. In the 

 " walls " of the alley, windows are left through which views of 

 the flower garden, with its central statue of Apollo are obtained. 

 The sloping banks of the terrace are clothed with a luxuriant 

 growth of ferns. These and other features of a similar nature are 

 dispersed amidst the sylvan growth of the place. Although they 

 are somewhat foreign to the gardening taste which has prevailed 

 in England for a generation or more, they have a certain quaintness 

 and charm. Like so many gardens of its period and character, 

 bans Souci is liberally besprinkled with statues and grottoes, and 

 there are several water-basins and other forms of masonry. One 

 leaves Sans Souci with a desire to see it again. 



The distance between the gardens of Sans Souci and the newer 

 palace of Potsdam is filled with woodland of somewhat the same 

 character as the Thier Garten outside the Brandenburg Gate. 

 Uwing to the Imperial Family being in residence, it was not 

 possible to obtain a close vi 

 surroundings. 



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Dresden Botanic Garden. June 11. 



Few cities give the stranger a more pleasing first impression 

 than Dresden and this feeling is not, as so frequently happens on 

 the Continent, dispelled when the Botanic Garden of the place is 

 entered lhe Botanic Garden of Dresden, though not large, is 

 admirably managed, and is a worthy accompaniment to the fine 

 streets, churches, public buildings, and galleries of the city. 



Jm. ^f tre ? • and 8 . hrubs l found Particularly interesting, the 

 collection being varied and extensive, and many of the individual 

 specimens finely developed. It is not often one meets with so 



shrubs 



/>^o«o^^«; 4.- 7. . omuus in so smaii a space, ana in so 



So^v^ a COndltion - T he garden is not large enough to 

 IXmorP lt m & ?' Ver - y WiBel y' P^ference is given to the°rarer 

 *™ ™ ftn ^- ie3 ' 0n the other hand valuable space is 



notS £* J* ^^P 111 ^ 1 arrangement. This, as has already been 

 hardv' ILJ^u arran S eme nt in Continental gardens. Often the 

 in ^ potrre^lf mh T e Rented by a huddled mass of plants 



Canarv X ( I ? 8 ** fl ° ra ° f the Ca P e > ° r Australia, or the 

 dTJnS V as " e yer able to perceive its value unless 



thTeTs SiT "I"' aS lt i8 , at Tervueren, near Brussels. Where 

 mere is insufficient room for a complete collection arranged 



