THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



OCTOBER, 1829. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. 



Art. I. Notes and Reflections tnade during a Tour through Part 

 oj^ France and Germany, in the Autumn of the Year 1828. By 

 the Conductor. 



{Continued from p. 578.) 



The Botanic Garden of Rouen, September 3, — This gar- 

 den occupies something less than two acres, enclosed by a 

 high wall; it is entered from the south, whence a range of 

 glass meets the eye on the opposite side. This is always a 

 fortunate circumstance in a garden containing hot-houses ; and 

 its absence is to be lamented in the Liverpool botanic garden, 

 and in those of Kew and of the Horticultural Society, in 

 which we enter behind the hot-houses ; and in the Paris gar- 

 den, where we enter at one side of them. The director of 

 the Rouen garden, M. Dubreuil, has also the care of the 

 public gardens and avenues : he is a man of science and 

 general information, and possesses a good library and her- 

 barium. His son, who is fond of every branch of natural 

 history, and has made a considerable collection of butterflies 

 and other insects, is a studious and very industrious youth, 

 and will be sent to England to .complete his education as a 

 nurseryman. What gratified us particularly in this garden 

 was to find Madame Dubreuil fond of plants ; she took a 

 part in our conversation on the subject, and in walking through 

 the garden with us one day, when M. Dubreuil was not 

 there, evinced a knowledge of the application of the Na- 

 tural System, by naming to us the order to which a certain 

 plant belonged, of which she did not recollect the name. 

 This is one grand use of the Natural System; we are less 

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