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‘is, perhaps, not to be wondered at, because 
the Jardin des Plantes actually contains a 
Zoological Collection, and because there is 
no doubt that the whole scheme of the Zoo- 
logical Society, at least as far as the placing 
its animals in a garden, is founded, not so 
much in imitation, as in laudable emulation, 
of the Jardin des Plantes.” 
‘¢ Yes,” returned Mr. Dartmouth; ‘but the 
difference is this, that the Jardin des Plantes 
is essentially a Garden, in the ordinary sense 
of the term; that is, a Garden for the scien- 
tific cultivation of plants; a Botanic Garden, 
into which a Zoological collection is farther, 
and as it were incidentally, introduced ;_ while 
our Zoological Garden is in no respect a 
botanical, but simply a Zoological enclosure ; 
an ornamented park, in which animals are 
kept. The trees, the herbs, and the flowers, 
which we see here, like the fashion of the 
buildings, are simply arnamental, and no 
part of the essence of the design.” 
resumed Mrs. 
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** Perhaps equal criticism, 
Aston, “ might be offeired, brother, upon the 
name of Horticultural Gardens—the name by 
