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The site of the new garden was a farm only four or five years 

 igo, so that all the trees are still young. The ground is slightly 

 rolling, and on one of the elevations an Alpinum has been con- 

 structed at great expense, with stone brought from the various 

 important mountain systems of the world. On the lower levels 

 there is an extensive display of shrubs and herbaceous plants, 



during the time of the Great Elector and now 

 over 250 years old. Gleditsch used this speci- 



g produced ripe seeds upon it by dusting the flowers with 

 pollen brought from Leipzig. 



