THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



JUNE, 1833. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



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

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

 the Conductor. 



{Continued from p. 159.) 



We shall give our remarks on the gardens which we saw in 

 Germany, in 1828, in three separate articles, viz., on those of 

 Baden, Bavaria, and Wirtemberg. 



The gardens at Schwezingen have been already described in 

 the Ena/c. ofGardenitigy and we shall only add what occurred 

 to us when we walked over them in November, 1828. The 

 surface is perfectly flat, and the soil a light sand. When 

 in high order, in the summer season, and filled with company, 

 these grounds may, no doubt, produce considerable splen- 

 dour of effect ; but it must be confessed that they look very 

 much better upon paper than they do in reality. Some of 

 the ornamental buildings are substantial and picturesque : the 

 one that pleased us most was the artificial ruins of a Roman 

 aqueduct. {_fg. 70.) The ruins of the temple of Mercury 

 {Jig. 71.) are also very well managed. So completely are these 

 gardens open to the public, that travellers, desirous of seeing 

 them, drive, without asking leave, through the lodges, and 

 under an archway in the chateau, and set down at once in the 

 centre of the garden, where the guide quickly makes his ap- 

 pearance, and shows and explains every part in detail. It is 

 clear that a great part of the enjoyment of the proprietor 

 must consist in seeing the pleasure which his garden gives to 

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