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at a species, most eminently calculated to cm-e individual errors. 

 As an instance of the former I name the Ge?itle Shepherd., and 

 of the latter the Liar.^ the Weathercock^ &c. 



With a system of education of universal application, and 

 which I hope we may yet see every where established, with 

 museums and gardens all over the country, with such a drama 

 in our provinces, with such an amendment in our style of 

 music, with a revival of dancing (which, by the by, implies 

 with me an absence of national distress), Great Britain might 

 indeed, as you. Sir, elsewhere observe, become such a para- 

 dise as at least has not appeared since the deluge. 



I remain. Sir, yours, &c. 

 London, May 1. 1829. Variegata. 



Art. III. Some Account of the Public Orangeries, or Public 

 Winter Gardens, of Berlin. By M. G. A. Fintelmann of 

 Potsdam. 



Sir, 



Winter gardens, as far as I know, exist no where else 

 but in Prussia. In Potsdam we have only one, that of 

 M. Voigt, very good and very highly kept ; but at Berlin 

 there are four, M. Teichmann's in the Thiergarten, Faust's 

 and Georges's both within the town walls, and Moeve's on 

 the Potsdam Road. The original of these gardens was esta- 

 blished by M. Bouche soon after the time of the general 

 peace, but his garden is now quite neglected, and the leading 

 establishment ever since 1818 has been M. Teichmann's. 



These gardens are simply large green-houses, or what 

 would be called in England orangeries, with paved floors, a 

 lofty ceiling plastered like that of a room, and upright win- 

 dows in front. The air is heated by stoves, which are sup- 

 plied vvith fuel from behind. On the floor are placed here 

 and there large orange trees, myrtles, and various New 

 Holland plants in boxes. The plants are mostly such as 

 have a single stem of at least 3 or 4 ft. in height, and round 

 the stem and over the boxes a table is formed by properly 

 contrived boards, so that the tree appears to be growing out 

 of the centre of the table. These tables, which are some- 

 times round, and sometimes square, are for the use of guests, 

 either to take refreshments, or for pamphlets and newspapers. 

 Sometimes on each table there is a circle of handsome odori- 

 ferous plants, such as hyacinths, narcissuses, mignonette, &c. 

 in pots, round the stem of the plant; in other cases, there is 

 no table, but the box is covered with handsome flowering 



