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which was exhibited in M. Rosenblad's garden, of which we shall give a short 

 description below. 



M. Rosenblad is a young private individual, who has, for his own amuse- 

 ment, and from his zeal for the extension of horticulture in Sweden, given, 

 for the s])ace of five j'ears, every encouragement in his power to gardening. 

 His garden is considered to be the most beautiful in Sweden, and to have the 

 best collection of plants ; in which opinion we fully join. It is situated in the 

 capital, and is kept in the very best order by the invariably obliging proprietor ; 

 who not only admits all travellers and botanists, but, also, all respectable per- 

 sons in the city, to visit it ; and, we were told, presents all those who are in- 

 terested in the subject with plants, seeds, and cuttings of all the newest and 

 best kinds, with the intention of distributing them throughout the country. 

 The number of tht; different kinds of plants probably amounts to from 3000 

 to 4000 species ; which is being continually increased by contributions from 

 England, France, and Germany, and occasionally from America, and the tro- 

 pical flora of India. The hot-houses consist of a large and beautiful building, 

 200 ft. long, in five divisions. This house is heated by hot water. This 

 building and hot-water apparatus were finished in 18.32. The apparatus con- 

 sists of a boiler, which contains 130 quarts of water, with copper tubes, 6 in. 

 in diameter, through which the water is conveyed through the different di- 

 visions, and produces sufficient heat when there are 20^ of frost, without the 

 necessity of covering the glass with shutters. 



While we were in Stockholm, a flower show was announced to take place 

 in M. Rosenblad's garden, which was to consist only of the flowers produced 

 in the garden itself. The origin of this show was a visit made by the Queen 

 •and her court, a few days previously, to the benevolent proprietor; Her Majesty 

 having been accompanied by the crown princess and her mother, the Duchess 

 of Leuchtenberg, and the princesses Ilortensie von Hohenzollern, and Theo- 

 dolinde von Leuchtenberg, who were on a visit to their royal relations in 

 Sweden. 



The exterior of the garden was exceedingly elegant. All the walls, palings, 

 and railings were covered with young espaliers ; large tin labels were attached 

 to every tree and shrub, inscribed with its name, native place, and the order 

 to which it belongs; from which we found that, among the numerous fruit trees 

 were included the very best sorts from England, France, and Germany. 



The garden itself, although not large, is laid out with great skill. No one, 

 viewing it from a height, would believe that so great a number of plants could 

 find a space in so small a compass without the ground appearing too full. The 

 numerous beds were covered with thousands of the most splendid flowers, 

 which filled the air with their delightful perfume ; so much so, indeed, that 

 the visiter might fancy that he was approaching the abode of the Goddess of 

 Flowers. 



We discovered many new and rare plants in this rich collection, which we 

 passed over, on account of their profusion, and hastened to the cabinet and 

 saloon, which were ornamented in the greatest splendour. 



There was a very rich collection in the first saloon of the most beautiful New 

 Holland, Cape, and North American plants, tastefully arranged. These plants 

 consisted principally of arbutuses, acacias, melaleucas, metrosideroses, and 

 ericas. We particularly admired two splendid specimens of Magnolw grandiflora, 

 20 ft. high, and several other beautiful magnolias of great value. The walls, sides 

 •of the windows, and stage, were ornamented with winding shoots of Passiflora 

 caerulea, and liosd multiflora, alba, and coccinea, which were covered with 

 thousands of flowers. From hence we went to the first division for tropical 

 plants ; where we found the walls, roof, and sash-frames overgrown with 

 creeping plants and cactuses ; the splendid flowers of which, appearing among 

 the blossom-covered shoots of Passiflora quadrangularis, insignis, /aurifolia, 

 alata, and lan^ta, and of many kinds of Thunbergia, had the most beautiful 

 effect. The other divisions were filled with fruit-bearing bananas, palms, dra- 

 • caenas, jatrophas, astrapaeas, and carolinas, round whose stri'.ight and splendid 



