THE MAGAZINE 



O F 



HORTICULTURE. 



JULY, 1845. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes and Recollections of a Tour through -part of 

 England^ Scotland and France^ in the autumn of 1844. 

 By the Editor. 



(^Continued from page 205.) 



Jardin des Plants^ Sept. 10th. — The Jardin des Plants 

 dates its establishment as far back as 163.5, when it was 

 founded by Louis XIII, at the solicitation of two of his em- 

 inent physicians. Successively, Toumefort, Jussieu, Duver- 

 ney, and other eminent botanists have contributed to its pros- 

 perity, and it now stands unequalled by any other similar 

 establishment in Europe. 



The garden is situated in the eastern part of the city, on 

 the banks of the Seine, and the main entrance is directly op- 

 posite the Pont d'Austerlitz. It contains upwards of sixty 

 acres ; that portion of it devoted to plants and trees laid out 

 in squares ; and that to the menagerie and pleasure grounds, 

 in the natural or English style. Entering at the gate a long 

 avenue bordered with lime trees, leads to the Gallery of Zo- 

 ology situated at the other extremity ; to the left the garden 

 is laid out in beds, and planted with shrubs and flowers : and 

 forming the boundary on the Rue de Buffon, are the geolog- 

 ical, mineralogical and botanical galleries ; to the right is the 

 botanical garden, systematically arranged, and beyond this, 

 the fruit garden, experimental garden, greenhouses, conserva- 

 tories, pleasure grounds, &c. &c., and bordering the Rue Cu- 

 vier, the buildings occupied by the superintendent and others 

 employed in the garden. 



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