218 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. [1839, 
and in the afternoon and early part of the evening I 
called with Endlicher upon Mr. Fenzl,! the aide- 
naturaliste in the botanical department, who is con- 
fined to his bed by some affection of one of his 
legs. He is engaged in a monograph of Alsinea, 
which I think will be very faithfully done, and we 
looked over several collections by his bedside. I made 
a bundle of all I wished to examine, which are sent 
to my lodgings for the purpose, and which will give 
me occupation for the evening. He introduced me 
to his frau, a regular German lassie, and we managed 
to converse altogether for some time in a curious mix- 
ture of French, German, and English. 
On THE DANUBE, on board the Dampschiff 
(steamboat) Maria~Anna, bound for Linz, 5th June. 
Schonbrunn, the Versailles of Austria, is much 
like Versailles itself on a smaller scale, but much less 
magnificent. I visited the grounds with Endlicher, 
and also visited the botanic garden attached, under 
the care of M. Schott.2, The garden is very finely ar- 
ranged, but all that is particularly worth seeing is the 
conservatories and the large collection of exotics, many 
of them very old like those of Kew. It is richer than 
Kew in Palms, Aroidez, ete., but in other things it 
seems not quite equal. As we passed by the palace, 
the emperor was pointed out to me, through the open 
windows of his cabinet. I am told privately that he 
is scarcely compos mentis, and that all government 
affairs are managed by a regency of which Metternich 
and Archduke Charles are chief. We went next to 
' Edward Fenzl, 1807-1879; professor of botany and director of 
the Botanie Garden at Vienna. 
? Dr. Heinrich Schott, 1794-1865; director of the Imperial Gardens, 
Schénbrunn. “ He was the highest authority on Aroidex’’ [A. G.]. 
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