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Secondly. Certain tracts of bog or boggy pasture, only one of which 

 I visited ; and here, and on the low ground in the way to it, it is 

 curious to observe the union of different plants, which in England we 

 are not at all accustomed to see or to expect together. Tofieldia 

 palustris and Primula farinosa do not seem to require bog, but grow 

 in close companionship with Dianthus superbus and D. Carthusiano- 

 rum. Hardly separate from these we find Pinguicula officinalis, and, 

 I believe, P. alpina ; but of course there were neither flowers nor 

 seeds. Polygala amara is also here, Gentiana verna, and cruciata. 

 In the more complete bog (which is very superficial) we have Primula 

 villosa, Pedicularis sceptrum, Gentiana utriculosa, SchcEnus nigri- 

 cans and S. ferrugineus, Utricularia minor. Salvia verticillata and 

 Bromus inermis are common almost everywhere. I gathered also on 

 my way to the bog, at Ludw igs-feld, Arenaria fastigiata and Teucrium 

 montanum ; and on the other side of the Isar, Hypochceris helvetica 

 and Orchis Coriophora. Arnica montana and Cirsium bulbosum are 

 common in moist places. 



It may be supposed that I did not leave Munich without seeing 

 some of the wonders of art for which it is now so celebrated. The 

 frescoes, on the whole, disappointed me : those of Hess, now in pro- 

 gress in the Basilica, pleased me best ; and here the story is well told, 

 and the figures graceful and spirited. The coloui-ing, too, is often good, 

 and the relief perfect. In architecture, a little chapel attached to the 

 palace is a perfect jewel, in what is called here the Byzantine style, 

 which is nearly allied to our Norman. The ground is gold, with figures 

 of saints and angels, and the columns of a fine dark marble. The 

 whole effect is exceedingly rich and beautiful, and the chastened 

 light (we do not see the windows from the body of the church) shows 

 to great advantage a style of finish, which, when seen in the full day- 

 light, is apt to be rather glaring. The liudwig's kirche and the Au 

 kirche are also beautiful buildings, and might be taken as types of the 

 German gothic at two different periods. The nineteen painted glass 

 windows of the latter, each of which is said to have cost ^1200, are 

 very much admired. The Basilica also is probably a more perfect 

 example of its style than any of the ancient ones now existing, and 

 promises to be a building of a very high character of beauty. Sixty- 

 six noble columns, each of one piece of marble, adorn the interior. 

 In the endeavour to imitate classic antiquity, the artists have, I think, 

 been less successful. The Glyptotheca, and Pinacotheca are spacious 

 buildings well suited to their purpose, but not possessing any striking 

 character. The library, and some other buildings, are imitations of 



