BERLIN AND POTSDAM. 159 
Driving across the valley to Klein Glienicke, the park and castle 
of Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, brother of the Emperor 
William I., were inspected by the special permission of His Royal 
Highness. The park and gardens are in the British style, and 
present many features of rare beauty. Charming views are obtained 
through delightful vistas of the broad waters of the Havel and the 
Jungfernsee, o’erhung by low hills wooded to their summits, with 
many palaces, castles, towers, and villages nestling in the sylvan 
landscape, or standing picturesquely on the shores of the lakes, 
and reflecting their shadows in the placid waters. In the 
pleasure-grounds are many rare and beautiful trees and shrubs, 
chiefly of deciduous species, which are found to thrive well in the 
high summer temperature, and are able to withstand the rigours 
of winter in this sheltered locality. Among them were noticed 
American and Japanese maples, hickories, oaks, and poplars ; the 
almond, tulip-tree, catalpa, Azlantus glandulosa, Pterocarya 
caucasica, and magnolias of several species, scenting the air with 
the perfume of their flowers; and Aristolochia Sipho, with its 
striking foliage climbing to the top of the tallest trees. 
Passing the newly-erected palace of a member of the Imperial 
family, situated on the northern shore of Glienicke lake amidst 
beautiful gardens and grounds, the road leads over Glienicke 
bridge. A long and interesting drive along the southern shore of 
the Jungfernsee, and, by special permission, through a portion of 
the Imperial Gardens, and past the Marble Palace on the Heiligen 
See ; Potsdam was reached about noon, and a halt was called at 
Schloss Platz for an hour. 
Among the most notable objects in the town were the “ Schloss,” 
or Royal Palace, built by Frederick the Great, to whom Potsdam 
and its neighbourhood mainly owe their characteristic features 
and historical fame. On the south of the palace is the Lustgarten 
(Pleasure Garden), with the spacious parade ground on which 
Frederick William I. used to drill his famous regiment of gigantic 
guards ; on the east, the Barberini Palace, another of the palatial 
erections of Frederick the Great, and near it the Rathhaus, or City 
Hall; on the north, the chief ecclesiastical building in Potsdam, 
the Church of St Nicholas ; and a little farther off, in Wilhelm 
Platz, a noted statue of Frederick William III. Beyond the square 
on the west, in Schloss Strasse, the Garrison Church was seen, 
where lie the remains of Frederick the Great and of his father, 
Frederick William I., the founder of the church. The interior 
walls are hung with military trophies, chiefly captured in the 
wars with France. 
Leaving the town by the Brandenburg Gate, a visit was paid 
to the Friendenskirche (Church of Peace) and the beautiful 
Mausoleum erected by the Empress Victoria, Princess Royal of 
