498 Foreign Notices. — Germany. 



with all weeds must be destroj'ed, and the grave-digger would be content to 

 acquire a very little knowledge of gardening. By laying a burying-ground 

 out in beds of two graves in width, or about 16 ft., as at Nancy, planting 

 the trees along the walks, and the rows of herbaceous plants across the 

 beds, and parallel to and between the graves, the thing is done. 



The botanic garden here is rich in Brazilian plants, and altogether con- 

 tains nearly double the number of species actually existing in the garden at 

 Kew. It is under the direction of the celebrated Dr. Martins, well known 

 for his travels in Brazil, and other works on the natural history of that 

 country. We were extremely sorry to hear from this learned, most amiable, 

 and highly esteemed man, that not a single copy of any of his different pub- 

 lications on Brazil has yet been sold in England, though they are all to be 

 had from Messrs. Treuttel andWurtz, in Soho Square, London. We be- 

 lieve this circumstance must be owing to the ignorance of the patrons of 

 science that such works exist. 



The vegetable market here is well supplied, and at remarkably cheap 

 rates. The principal articles of the cabbage tribe are, white and red cab- 

 bage, white and red kohl rabi, white and red German greens, and a few 

 cauliflowers ; no green legumes, but abundance of ripe kidneybeans, and 

 also lentils and peas; potatoes of three or four different sorts, long carrot- 

 shaped white turnip, round white turnip, ruta-baga, and theTeltower rliben, 

 here very black-skinned, and known as the Bavarian riiben ; carrots, pars- 

 neps, salsify, scorzonera, beet, black and red radishes, and horseradish ; 

 spinach, common and French sorrel, onions of different sorts, leeks, garlic, 

 shallots, chives, &c. ; lettuce and blanched endive in immense quantities; 

 common and Hamburgh parsle}', bulbous-rooted celery, sage, rue, thyme, 

 marjoram, winter savory, and dried bay leaves. The fruits were chiefly 

 apples and pears, the production of the country, and, next, grapes, brought 

 from Tyrol and the Rhine; an immense quantity of Quetsche plums ; med- 

 lars, quinces, and even some peaches and pomegranates ; walnuts, chestnuts, 

 dried pears, plums, and cherries; elder berries, which are dressed along 

 with Quetsche plums ; barberries for colouring vinegar ; privet berries and 

 sprigs of Euonymus europse'us, with the arillus attached, for decorating 

 tombs ; dog-hips, the flesh used for making sauce for game, and the seeds 

 for burning and using as coffee, the drink so made being considered an anti- 

 dote to the gravel. The flowers were stocks, marigolds, and annual chry- 

 santhemums. There wei'e wreaths of moss and box, leaves of striped 

 yfrundo, bundles of the tops of ^quisetum arvense, and plaited stalks of 

 E. hyemale (the Dutch rush of London), both used for scouring saucepans 

 and glass beer pots ; brushes and heath bi'ooms made of Lycopodium cla- 

 vatum, stuck in in the manner of bristles ; snails and thighs of frogs ; 

 .<4garicus muscaria, a red-coloured poisonous mushroom, which is here bruised 

 in milk, and the mixture set in rooms to destroy flies. By the Tartars and 

 others this fungus is eaten, to procure the pleasures of intoxication. Svve- 

 dish and other turnips, cut into slices, like sauerkraut, &c. The fruits of 

 the Rhine and the Tyrol are brought in baskets on the backs of the peasants, 

 who walk that immense distance, and yet can afford to sell them at remark- 

 ably low prices. A bunch of black and one of white grapes, three peaches, 

 and a pomegranate, cost about 6d. The apples, pears, and plums, like every 

 other production of Bavaria, are proportionately low ; Munich being, it is 

 believed, the cheapest city in Germany for the necessaries of life. 



We cannot close this letter without saying something as to the architec- 

 ture of Munich, though we fear we shall be accused of partiality when we 

 state that art to be exhibited in a much more pure and perfect state here 

 than in London. The number of bad public buildings to the good, in Lon- 

 don, is perhaps as 10 to 1 ; in the recently built churches it is at least as 

 15 to 1. Here we do not think the proportion of bad elevations to good, 

 is more than as 1 to 10. No such laboured compositions would be toler- 



