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may be profitably consulted by the British cultivator for the purpose al- 

 luded to. 



Lauras nitida and other species have been introduced by M. Soulange- 

 Bodin ; and the same distinguished cultivator brought from Antwerp a 

 double white nerium oleander. Cydonia chinensis flore lutea, Camellia 

 axillaris, Dianthus bellidifolius, Anemone arborea, probably a ^species of 

 Atragene, Pa;onia humea, " qui I' Anglais l'ont dediee au philosophe 

 Hume,"(! !) and some other plants, are mentioned as of recent intro- 

 duction. 



The establishment of our correspondent, the Chevalier Soulange-Bodin, 

 at Fromont, is described, as " conceived on a plan the most extensive and 

 well devised, and developed with a rapidity and a success which does the 

 greatest honour to the ingenuity of the conceptions, and the ardour of the 

 zeal of its proprietor and founder." Three years ago the Fromont garden 

 was a park, or English pleasure-ground, of about 100 acres ; at present it 

 is a nursery with numerous hot-houses of every dimension, constructed with 

 skill, elegance, and economy. The compartments of the garden are ar- 

 ranged and prepared according to the different descriptions of nursery 

 propagation and culture ; in some the soil is trenched and sifted to a great 

 depth ; in others it is removed and replaced by beds of peat mould. 

 Every thing is arranged in the most orderly manner, and all the compart- 

 ments, as well as the plants, are named on labels conspicuously placed, so 

 that a stranger, in a great measure, sees and understands the purpose of 

 every part, and the name of every object, without the necessity of enquiring 

 of his guide. This may afford a useful hint to some other establishments. 

 M. S.-Bodin has published a priced catalogue of plants on sale at Fromont, 

 (Gard. Mag. vol. i. p. 196.) and M.Pirolle assures us that the prices are 

 very moderate, considering the rarity of some of the plants ; and that it is 

 intended to lower these prices in proportion as the difficulties of propaga- 

 tion are surmounted. Mr. P. pays the highest compliments to the enthu- 

 siasm and perseverance of M. S.Bodin, and rejoices as we do in his success. 

 It has been observed to us by several English gardeners who have been 

 at Fromont, that it is the only nursery establishment on the Continent 

 which resembles those of England ; and this we consider to be the most 

 solid and substantial tribute which can be paid to its proprietor. 



Germany and Switzerland. 



Closen, Baron de : Die landwirthschaftliche Erziehungsanstalt in Gern. 

 Establishment for Agricultural Education at Gern in Bavaria.. Munich. 

 8vo. pp. 32. 



Closen, Baron de : Rede gehalten bei Eroffnung der landwirthschaftliche 

 Erziehungsanstalt in Gern. Discourse pronounced on the Opening of the 

 Establishment for Agricultural Education at Gern. Munich. 8vo. pp.20. 



The Baron de Closen is the proprietor of Gern, an extensive estate in 

 the circle of the Lower Danube in Bavaria, and his principal object in 

 forming the present institution, is to educate the poorer children on his 

 own estate, and especially orphans. In his prospectus, he states that he 

 has examined the schools at Hofwyl and Hohenheim, that of M. Voght 

 (Gard. Mag. vol. i. p. 44 1 .) near Altona ; the institution for orphans and 

 poor children, established by M. de Tuskow at Friedrichsfeld, near Berlin, 

 and a similar institution near Basle, and adopted at Gern what he found 

 excellent in each. In addition to the children on his own estate, he 

 proposes to take fifty or sixty other children, the orphans or the poor of 

 other districts at 50 fl. per annum. These children are to be from ten to 



