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them, this residence may be considered as one of the finest landscape gardens 

 in Europe. Tournay, one of those cities which next to Ghent is dis- 

 tinguished by the zeal of its inhabitants for every thing good and useful, 

 has lately established a botanic garden, and professorship of botany. 



Heating by Steam. The society of Harlem have adjudged to Mr. W. 

 Bailey, of Holborn, London, the prize for the best essay on this subject. 

 The translator of the essay has added some remarks on this mode of 

 heating, from the publication of Mr. Tredgold, " On Heating and Venti- 

 lating Public and Private Buildings," by far the best work which has yet ap- 

 peared on the subject. 



DENMARK. 



Common Laurel . It may give a practical idea of the climate in the 

 neighbourhood of Copenhagen, to state that the prunus lauro-cerasus 

 requires the same protection there during the winter that the magnolia 

 grandiflora does here. One plant lived for thirty years in the shrubberv of 

 the celebrated park of Dronningaard, one of the finest residences in Den- 

 mark. It was looked upon as a great curiosity, but was killed with the 

 great frost in the years 1819—20. We mention these facts on the 

 authority of a young man (Peterson), now in this country at the expence of 

 the Crown Prince, studying gardening. His account of Mr. Lindgaard 

 is very interesting ; though he has never been in England, he understands 

 the English language perfectly, besides Dutch, German, and French ; he is 

 not a botanist, but a most successful culinary and fruit gardener. The 

 government, Peterson observes, are using every means to spread the culture 

 of the common hardy fruits in the country; and gooseberries, apples, plums, 

 and pears, may be purchased from the national nurseries for little more 

 than a' half-penny a plant. Peterson has been some time at Kew, and is now 

 in Lee's nursery; and having been well educated, and being endowed with 

 habits of observation, he will return to his own country a valuable man 



RUSSIA. 



Petrovslcoye, the village and country seat of Prince Dolgorukii, is one of 

 the most magnificent villas in respect to gardens, in the neighbourhood of 

 Moscow. It is situated on a flat surface, somewhat diversified by natural 

 woods, and artificial lakes. The mansion-house is not large, and, though 

 neat enough and embellished with columns, is not at all remarkable for its 

 architecture. Its appearance is much disfigured by the contiguity of a 

 number of sombre wooden and brick houses, which, however, is quite 

 d-la-mode Russe ; for close to almost every nobleman's dwelling in the 

 country you find a village of peasants. The view of the back facade is by 

 far the most attractive, because it is opposite the gardens. The. interior is 

 elegantly fitted up, and the inner apartments open into a finely arranged but 

 small flower-garden, inclosed by a low balustrade. " I may remark, en pas- 

 sant, that the Russians show their well known taste for masses of gaudy and 

 splendid colours, even in their gardens. Every where about Moscow, as well 

 as in the city, and in the interior of Russia, I observed immense clusters of 

 roses, paeonies, poppies, holyhocks, sweetwilliams, tulips, jonquils, lilies, 

 pinks, carnations, larkspurs, columbines, Indian cresses, sun-flowers, rnary- 

 golds, hyacinths, bell-flowers, &c. intermixed at times with other flowers of 

 less vivid colours, or ranged in parterres, and frequently disposed with con- 

 siderable effect. 



" The gravel-walks at Pentrovskoye are made in the English style, are 

 very broad and kept in excellent order. They wind, to a great extent, by the 

 banks of a large and beautiful lake, {Jig. 56.) which encircles a number of 

 islands, and bears a small fleet of boats on its bosom — as well as through 

 lawns and woods of luxuriant foliage. Temples, summer-houses, statues, 

 vases, and fine orangeries diversify the scenery. In another part of the 



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