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table, and select flowers. The present and well-known head 

 gardener, Mr. Lindegaard, the first horticulturist in Denmark, 

 grows the best fruits and flowers in the country. Here is 

 the finest and most extensive orangery, and the best managed 

 peach trees and vines, both in hot-houses and in the open 

 air. 



Mr. Lindegaard introduced the method of rearing peach- 

 trees in Denmark, and particularly the mode of preserving them 

 during the first and second Winter after budding. They were 

 formerly always imported from Holland, but that expence has 

 through him been prevented. Peach-trees are chiefly trained 

 on wooden walls, and during severe frosts are covered with 

 straw mats. The kind grown in general is the Double Mon- 

 tagne (the English Montauban) which ripens its fruit without 

 artificial heat about the end of August. Mr. Lindegaard's 

 trees are as finely trained as any I have seen in England. 



The sorts of grapes mostly cultivated, and also the hardiest, 

 which often produce in good warm Summers, by Mr. Lin- 

 degaard's treatment, fine ripe fruit upon walls without any ar- 

 tificial heat or covering, are the white Van der Lahn, Chasselas 

 blanc (I think it is the common white Muscadine), and the 

 Wasser siet (undoubtedly the small white cluster). The Parsille 

 druen (the parsley-leaved Malmsey Muscadine) is likewise 

 hardy, but does not set well if the weather is cold when it 

 is in bloom. 



The Frankendalen, (black Muscadine) and Pottebakker, 

 (the black Hamburgh) are generally grown in vineries, as 

 their ripening on open walls is very uncertain, though it 

 sometimes occurs in hot Summers. The white Sweet-water 

 (Perle druen) is the finest white grape known in Denmark, 

 and always planted in vineries. All Mr. Lindegaard's forcing, 

 of every description, is effected by dung heat alone ; his early 

 peaches and grapes ripen every year in the month of June, 

 and in general he has grapes all the year round. 



The pleasure-garden has during the last five or six years 

 been much improved ; like Fredriksborg garden, it is open 

 every day in the year for respectable-looking people. During 

 the Summer season there is music in both gardens once a week, 

 performed by military bands, at the king's expence. 



Sorgenfrie, {fig. 54.) the residence of his royal highness Prince 

 Christian Frederick (the Crown Prince), is about six miles from 

 Copenhagen. The palace is situated on a hill, and surrounded 

 by a beautiful park, and the neighbourhood is said to be the 

 finest part of the country for natural beauty. His royal 

 highness improves this place every year, and the pleasure- 

 grounds are open to the public all the year round. As their 



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