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ornamental plants, may be seen in almost every cottage garden 

 in Baden. There is a very large collection of green-house 

 plants at Schwezingen, including 140 species of jErlca. Most 

 of the hot-houses are constructed with opaque roofs, or with 

 span roofs, having the northern half opaque ; but there are 

 one or two newer ones with sloping glass, in the English 

 manner. Pine-apples are grown, but not with much success. 

 There is a good kitchen-garden ; but, as the grand duke re- 

 sides here only during summer, winter forcing is not carried 

 on. This garden contains some handsome standard pear 

 trees, trained in the pjn-amidal manner; but we are informed 

 that they produce a great deal of wood, and very little fruit. 

 These grounds, taking them altogether, are of that kind of 

 which a very accurate idea may be formed from the ground 

 plan and description ; because they are perfectly flat, without 

 exterior prospect, and are every where the work of art. We 

 were neither surprised nor disappointed, but walked thi'ough 

 them with a feeling of having been there before. This must 

 be always more or less the case with gardens or parks, on 

 flat surfaces, of which correct plans and views have been pub- 

 lished. A great defect in this garden is the want of ever- 

 greens. 



The Park and Gardens at Carhruhe are, like those of 

 Schwezingen, situated on a level surface; and, like them, 

 may be perfectly comprehended from the published plans and 

 views. The ground plan of the park we have given in the 

 Encyc. of Gardening. It consists of a natural forest of oaks 

 and pines, pierced with thirty-two avenues, all radiating from 

 the central tower of the chateau or palace. The palace 

 {J^g. 72.) is a heavy hospital-like building, dull and dreary 

 without, and ill-furnished and neglected within. It is however 

 noticed by S\x\zqy [Theoiie des Beaux Arts, &c.), and by 

 Hirschfeld, as one of the finest in Germany ; and as re- 

 markable, in that country, for having the wings at an oblique 

 angle with the main body of the building. Behind, exactly 

 in the centre of a circle, the circumference of which forms the 

 promenade, is a tower, which commands a bird's eye view 

 of the whole park, pleasure and kitchen gardens, the town 

 and church (the former greatly enlarged since these grounds 

 were laid out), and of the surrounding country', far into 

 France on one side, and to the mountains of the Black Forest 

 on the other. The park and gardens, together with the pa- 

 lace, were laid out by Berceau, a French architect, in 1715. 

 In the parterres were curious patterns strewed with different- 

 coloured sands, broken glass, porcelain, shells, &c. ; the main 

 walks were bordered with box, and yew and hornbeam hedges. 



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