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igratc to a country from wliicli he Las heard nothing but tales 

 of crime, of which he knows only the bad side ? But I will leave 

 this topic and return to my journey. 



August 28. — At one o'clock we left Maycnce for Heidelberg. 

 Immediately upon leaving Maycnce we saw some vineyards ujDon 

 very steep hills. The ground was walled up. After proceeding 

 along for some miles, we entered a large, wide plain. It is very 

 well cultivated, and divided into very small lots, well planted 

 with fruit-trees. The grain is all harvested, but the stubble shows 

 barle}'-, oats, and wheat. There are 3^et potatoes, hemp, and occa- 

 sionally a patch of tobacco. The closer we approached Manheim 

 the thicker grew the tobacco-plots. After leaving the ancient 

 city of Manheim, the ground was principally planted with tobac- 

 co, which is small,, not being higher than about eighteen inches 

 to two feet. I saw but two qualities, the long-leaved or Hunga- 

 rian tobacco, and the round-leaved, or what we call the Kentucky 

 seedling. Judging from the size of the plant, I hardly think that 

 more than 600 pounds can be raised here to the acre. 



At four o'clock P.M. we arrived at Heidelberg. I hear there 

 is a nursery in the vicinity ; and as it is the first one I have found 

 since I left America, I will reserve this treat for my birthday. 



August 29. — This day was spent in arranging my correspond- 

 ence and bringing up my journal. This evening we took a walk 

 to see the celebrated Heidelberg ruins, which are still in a tolera- 

 ble state of preservation ; but, as it was no part of my mission 

 to examine and describe old ruins, I pass them by. 



August 30. — Having traveled almost all over Germany, and 

 considerably out of my way, to find a nursery, I am at last to be 

 gratified. At three o'clock we started for Wiesloch. Upon ar- 

 riving there, we immediately went to Mr. Carl Brunner, the per- 

 son recommended to us by Director Thoma. We found him at 

 home. Upon telling him my erxand, he immediately took me to 

 his nurseries and vineyards, located at some distance from town. 

 The nurseries are in small strips ; for here, as almost all over Ger- 

 many, every man has his laud in several places and in small 

 strips. For instance, Mr. Brunner has over sixty morgens, and 

 in about eighty different pieces. This is very troublesome busi- 

 ness, and has but one advantage — that when a hail-storm comes, 

 as it is only in streaks, it does not take the whole of any one 

 man's land. We examined many of his nurseries and a part of 

 his vineyards. His catalogue contains over 400 varieties of 



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