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the royal gardener, P. Lindegaard, Esq. ; and no place in this country can 

 in any respect come near to it in cultivation and forcing. Every plant 

 M. Lindegaard has under his care looks remarkably well ; but the prin« 

 cipal objects of attraction are the vines. One instance may be men- 

 tioned : — In 1822 M. Lindegaard planted three plants in front of a large 

 orangery, 160 ft. long, viz. two plants of Chasselas de Fontainebleau, and 

 one of the Parsley-leaved Grape. All of them showed fruit the first sum- 

 mer. In 1825, he says, one plant had 14ilbs. weight of fruit, the second 

 14 lbs., and third 10 lbs. weight. In 1823 M. Lindegaard planted four 

 plants more ; and now the whole front of the orangery is covered with 

 vines, except the windows : five plants of Chasselas de Fontainebleau, 

 here named White Van der Lahn ; one plant of the Parsley-leaved, and one 

 plant of the Blue Cluster, here named Early Leipziger, and in France Made- 

 leine hative. Each plant has produced upwards of one hundred fine large 

 bunches this year, which will be ripe in the course of a month. The wood 

 for next year is as thick as one's finger, and so is that of every grape vine 

 in this garden. The extensive walls in the garden are covered with grapes 

 and peaches ; and most of the grapes will ripen this year on the open wall, 

 without any glass covering'whatever. The peaches on the walls begin now 

 to ripen : fine apricots have been gathered this year, almost in bushels, 

 from the walls. The peaches here are deserving of the same praise as the 

 grapes ; the trees are as fine as any I have ever seen in England, covered 

 with abundance of fruit, and beautiful bearing wood for the next year. 

 M. Lindegaard has published a book on the cultivation of grapes in Den- 

 mark (Encyc. of Gard., p. 111.3.), and, if you think it worth notice, I will 

 translate it and send it to you in a future letter. There are several old vine 

 plants by the walls upwards of a century old, and still in a flourishing state. 

 M. Lindegaard cultivates sixteen sorts of grapes in his garden. 



Among the pine-apple plants M. Lindegaard has got the New Provi- 

 dence, the Blood, some Havannab, and, I believe, the Black Antigua ; and, 

 considering the bad construction of his houses and pits, the fruits are good. 



In the month of July I saw a bed of Keen's Seedling Strawberry in this 

 garden, remarkably fine, covered with large fruit, and equal to any thing I 

 ever saw. To get perfect young strawberry plants, lay out the runners 

 when the fruit is gathered, on one side of the alleys ; loosen the mould 

 where they are to be laid, and add a little fresh mould to it ; fasten them 

 down with carnation hooks, and supply them with water: in a couple of 

 weeks you will have fine plants. But M. Lindegaard has written upon 

 this subject to the Horticultural Society, and you will find more there 

 about it. He cut a melon last week of the Grand Mogul, weighing 

 18 lbs. 



Mushrooms and sea-kale are not yet cultivated in this country. I under- 

 stand sea-kale is not liked in the kitchen ; but its culture is unknown here, 

 and it is of no use to introduce new methods, or new eatable plants, if they 

 are not accepted. Rhubarb is only grown in the botanic garden among 

 the hardy plants, in order to have it in the collection. 



The Coreopsis tinctoria, here C bicolor, is quite as plentiful as in 

 England. M. Lindegaard has got a good stock of plants of Primula 

 sinensis ; but the fine tribe of Camellias are wanted very much, with the 

 exception of some plants of the double white, red, and single red; and 

 very little more than a couple of dozen of these plants will perhaps be the 

 whole stock in the country. I have not yet seen a Camellia with the 

 nurserymen about Copenhagen. Most of the New Holland plants are un- 

 known. The Epacris grandifldra is one of the very rarest of New Hol- 

 land plants. I have not seen it here, but am told a plant of it is in the 

 botanic garden. 



